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
That's the secret of entertaining. You make your guests feel welcome and at home. If you do that honestly, the rest takes care of itself.
Barbara Hall
Manners maketh man.
William of Wykeham
Politeness, n. The most acceptable hypocrisy.
Ambrose Bierce
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
To have respect for ourselves guides our morals; and to have a deference for others governs our manners.
Lawrence Sterne
Politeness and consideration for others is like investing pennies and getting dollars back.
Thomas Sowell
People generally follow the rules of etiquette.
Brian Fritz
Etiquette can be at the same time a means of approaching people and of staying clear of them.
David Riesman
Etiquette is saying that it's really OK to be nice.
Peter Post
In cross-border deals, to me etiquette is not an 'edge' thing. It is a prerequisite to being effective.
Mark Greene
You know, with her background at CBC, Madam Clarkson would probably ask permission to cross a line, which is the etiquette.
Randy Mylyk
The Australian Book of Etiquette is a very slim volume.
Paul Theroux
Protocol is etiquette with a government expense account.
Judith S. Marin
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