Prince Otto von Bismarck-Schoenhausen Quotes

I heard that chivalry was dead, but I think it's just got a bad flue.

Gentlemen don't do that.

Chivalry isn't dead. It's just no longer gender-based.

I know that if I want to be respected, I have to show respect.

As long as you respect me, I'm a respect you.

Respect a man, he will do it the more.

Politeness is half good manners and half good lying.

Remember that whatever may be said by a lady or her friends, it is not part of conduct of a gallant or generous man to take up arms against a woman.

Be conservative in what you do, be liberal in what you accept from others.

I'm not going to disrespect you, don't disrespect me.

With a gentleman I am always a gentleman and a half, and with a fraud I try to be a fraud and a half.

A hat should be taken off when you greet a lady and left off for the rest of your life. Nothing looks more stupid than a hat.

If he invited you out, he's got to pay.

The chief prerequisite for a escort is to have a flexible conscience and an inflexible politeness.

Politeness is only one half good manners and the other half good lying.

Decency is the least of all laws, but yet it is the law which is most strictly observed.

No gentleman ever discusses any relationship with a lady.

Tact: to lie about others as you would have them lie about you.

Tipping your hat to a lady is good form. If you're at a dinner table, you'd most certainly take your hat off - cowboy hat, baseball hat, or otherwise.

All the screen cowboys behaved like real gentlemen. They didn't drink, they didn't smoke. When they knocked the bad guy down, they always stood with their fists up, waiting for the heavy to get back on his feet. I decided I was going to drag the bad guy to his feet and keep hitting him.

Grownups, as a rule, should always be ready to pay for their own meals - or else ready to graciously accept their date's insistence on paying. The point is, one doesn't sit there batting one's eyelashes, fully expecting someone else to claim the bill.

Persistence in one opinion has never been considered a merit in political leaders.

Don't spit in the soup. We've all got to eat.

Treating your adversary with respect is giving him an advantage to which he is not entitled.

Never corner an opponent, and always assist him to save his face.