Berthold Auerbach Quotes

To succeed in the world it is not enough to be stupid, you must also be well-mannered.

In truth, politeness is artificial good humor, it covers the natural want of it, and ends by rendering habitual a substitute nearly equivalent to the real virtue.

It's nice to be important, but it's important to always be nice.

Good manners will open doors that the best education cannot.

The Japanese have perfected good manners and made them indistinguishable from rudeness.

The test of good manners is to be able to put up pleasantly with bad ones.

Civilized men are more discourteous than savages because they know they can be impolite without having their skulls split.

Nothing costs less nor is cheaper than compliments of civility.

Manners are a sensitive awareness of the feelings of others.

True politeness is consideration for the opinions of others. It has been said of dogmatism that it is only puppyism come to its full growth; and certainly the worst form this quality can assume is that of opinionativeness and arrogance.

Don't be so concerned with your rights that you forget your manners.

The greater man the greater courtesy.

Good manners are the expressions of benevolence in personal intercourse, by which we endeavor to promote the comfort and enjoyment of others, and to avoid all that gives needless uneasiness.

A certain degree of ceremony is a necessary outwork of manners, as well as of religion; it keeps the forward and petulant at a proper distance, and is a very small restraint to the sensible and to the well-bred part of the world.

The basis of good manners is self-reliance.

Good manners are the techniques of expressing consideration for the feelings of others.

I respect the social graces enormously. How to pass the food. Don't yell from one room to another. Don't go through a closed door without a knock. Open the doors for the ladies. All these millions of simple household behaviors make for a better life. We can't live in constant rebellion against our parents - it's just silly. I'm very well mannered. It's not an abstract thing. It's a shared language of expectations.

Courtesy is breeding. Breeding is an excellent thing. Always remember that.

Good manners do more for a man that good looks.

A gentleman is one who understands and shows every mark of deference to the claims of self-love in others, and exacts it in return from them.

Be not forward, but friendly and courteous; the first to salute, hear and answer; and be not pensive when it is time to converse.

There is no policy like politeness; and a good manner is the best thing in the world either to get a good name, or to supply the want of it.

to be civilized is to be incapable of giving unnecessary offense, it is to have some quality of consideration for all who cross our path.

He was the soul of politeness to everyone -- to some with a hint of aversion, to others with a hint of respect.

I'm making a list I'm making a list of things I must say For politeness, And goodness and kindness and gentleness Sweetness and rightness: Hello Pardon me How are you? Excuse me Bless you May I? Thank you Goodbye If you know some that I've forgot, Please stick them in you eye!