Quotes about Manners

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“Manners make the person.”
— Motto
Original (Middle English)

Manners makyth man

VerifiedMotto of William of Wykeham, Winchester College and New College, Oxford · evidenceManners
“What once were vices are manners now.”
— Seneca
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“Rudeness is a weak imitation of strength.”
Manners
“Manners easily and rapidly mature into morals.”
VerifiedThe Common School Journal Vol. IX, No. 12 (15 June 1847), p. 181 · evidenceManners
“A man's own manner and character is what most becomes him.”
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“Ceremony is necessary as the outwork and defense of manners.”
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“Savages we call them because their manners differ from ours.”
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“We cannot always oblige; but we can always speak obligingly.”
DisputedNo reliable early source found for Voltaire. · evidenceManners
“It's nice to be important, but it's more important to be nice.”
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“Manners must adorn knowledge, and smooth its way through the world.”
VerifiedLetters to His Son on the Art of Becoming a Man of the World and a Gentleman (1774), 1 July 1748 · evidenceManners
“Consideration for others is the basic of a good life, a good society.”
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“Teach your child to hold his tongue; he'll learn fast enough to speak.”
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“It is more comfortable for me, in the long run, to be rude than polite.”
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“Courtesy is the one coin you can never have too much of or be stingy with.”
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“The test of good manners is to be able to put up pleasantly with bad ones.”
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“Etiquette means behaving yourself a little better than is absolutely essential.”
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