Quotes on Etiquette

He who observes etiquette but objects to lying is like someone who dresses fashionably but wears no vest.

Author: Walter Benjamin

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.

Author: Quentin Crisp

Etiquette means behaving yourself a little better than is absolutely essential.

Author: Will Cuppy

In social matters, pointless conventions are not merely the bee sting of etiquette, but the snake bite of moral order.

Author: Florence King

We already know that anonymous letters are despicable. In etiquette, as well as in law, hiring a hit man to do the job does not relieve you of responsibility.

Author: Judith Martin

I begin to grow heartily tired of the etiquette and nonsense so fashionable in this city.

Author: George Mason

The Australian Book of Etiquette is a very slim volume.

Author: Paul Theroux

The real art of conversation is not only to say the right thing at the right time, but also to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the most tempting moment.

Author: Dorothy Nevill

Never underestimate the power of good manners.

Author: Emily Post