#etiquette

On my way out I didn't look at the dark guy, the suicide bomber, again. I think I didn't look at him because I didn't believe he was a terrorist, but maybe I didn't look at him because I didn't want to embarrass him. ↗

— Assaf Gavron

#etiquette #human-nature #society #nature

They spoke politely and with deference to the adults, whereas it went against my nature not to speak plainly. To many people speaking plainly is the same as speaking rudely. Whereas to me, if one was direct, it saved time and misunderstanding. ↗

— Theresa Breslin

#etiquette #matteo #speaking #nature

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

— Walter Benjamin

#etiquette #like #lying #objects #observes

The high point of civilization is that you can hate me and I can hate you but we develop an etiquette that allows us to deal with each other because if we acted solely upon our impulse we'd probably go to war. ↗

— Stanley Crouch

#allows #because #civilization #deal #develop

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. ↗

— Judith Martin

#anonymous #despicable #does #etiquette #hiring

Nothing is less important than which fork you use. Etiquette is the science of living. It embraces everything. It is ethics. It is honor. ↗

— Emily Post

#ethics #etiquette #everything #fork #honor

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

— George Mason

#city #etiquette #fashionable #grow #heartily

You know, you can make a small mistake in language or etiquette in Britain, or you could when I was younger, and really be made to feel it, and it's the flick of a lash, but it would sting, and especially at school where there's not much privacy, and so on. You could, yes, undoubtedly be made to feel crushed. ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

#could #crushed #especially #etiquette #feel

In reality they all lived in a kind of hieroglyphic world, where the real thing was never said or done or even thought, but only represented by a set of arbitrary signs. ↗

— Edith Wharton

#age

Intrinsic values and qualities are age-free. For example, social competencies or a good heart. ↗

— Rossana Condoleo

#etiquette #giving-advice #good-manners #life-coaching #life-experience