Etiquette Quotations

Manners are a sensitive awareness of the feelings of others. If you have that awareness, you have good manners, no matter what fork you use.
— Emily Post

Etiquette requires us to admire the human race.
— Mark Twain

Cleanliness and order are not matters of instinct; they are matters of education, and like most great things, you must cultivate a taste for them.
— Benjamin Disraeli

Rudeness is the weak man’s imitation of strength.
— Eric Hoffer

Don't reserve your best behavior for special occasions. You can't have two sets of manners, two social codes - one for those you admire and want to impress, another for those whom you consider unimportant. You must be the same to all people.
— Lillian Eichler Watson

Associate with well-mannered persons and your manners will improve. Run around with decent folk and your own decent instincts will be strengthened.
— Stanley Walker

Manners maketh man.
— William of Wykeham

Those who have mastered etiquette, who are entirely, impeccably right, would seem to arrive at a point of exquisite dullness.
— Dorothy Parker

Fashion exists for women with no taste, etiquette for people with no breeding.
— Queen Maria

Nothing more rapidly inclines a person to go into a monastery than reading a book on etiquette. There are so many trivial ways in which it is possible to commit some social sin.
— Quentin Crisp

It embraces everything. It is ethics. It is honor.
– Emily Post

Good manners: The noise you don't make when you're eating soup.
— Bennett Cerf

Hospitality is making your guests feel at home, even if you wish they were.
— Author Unknown

Politeness is the art of choosing among one’s real thoughts.
— Abel Stevens

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Etiquette Quotations

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