The wolf changes his coat, but not his disposition. – Proverb
People who have little to do are excessive talkers. – Proverb
Contraries are cured by contraries. – Proverb
To speak kindly does not hurt the tongue. – Proverb
Treat your superior as a father, your equal as a brother, and your inferior as a son. – Proverb
The test of ones behavior pattern; relationship to society, relationship to ones work, relationship to sex. – Alfred Adler
Of course, behaviorism works. So does torture. Give me a no-nonsense, down-to-earth behaviorist, a few drugs, and simple electrical appliances, and in six months I will have him reciting the Athanasian Creed in public. – W. H. Auden
I can be very polite, but Ive found that doesnt always get a result. You have got to bang and thump tables. – Joy Baluch
Manners are the hypocrisy of a nation. – Honore de Balzac
He who sows courtesy reaps friendship, and he who plants kindness gathers love. – St. Basil
Taste is more to do with manners than appearances. Taste is both myth and reality; it is not a style. – Stephen Bayley
Our natures are a lot like oil, mix us with anything else, and we strive to swim on top. – Francis Beaumont
He who observes etiquette but objects to lying is like someone who dresses fashionably but wears no vest. – Walter Benjamin
Everything is worth precisely as much as a belch, the difference being that a belch is more satisfying. – Ingmar Bergman
Politeness — The most acceptable hypocrisy. – Ambrose Bierce
With a gentleman I am always a gentleman and a half, and with a fraud I try to be a fraud and a half. – Otto von Bismarck
The small courtesies sweeten life; the greater ennoble it. – Christian Nevell Bovee
The English are polite by telling lies. The Americans are polite by telling the truth. – Malcolm Bradbury
Manners are of more importance than laws. Manners are what vex or soothe, corrupt or purify, exalt or debase, barbarize or refine us, by a constant, steady, uniform, insensible operation, like that of the air we breathe in. – Edmund Burke
