We are justified in enforcing good morals, for they belong to all mankind; but we are not justified in enforcing good manners, for good manners always mean our own manners.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Manners are the hypocrisy of a nation.
Fine manners need the support of fine manners in others.
Manners are like the shadows of virtues, they are the momentary display of those qualities which our fellow creatures love and respect.
Good manners are appreciated as much as bad manners are abhorred.
Manners are the basic building blocks of civil society.
Good manners sometimes means simply putting up with other people's bad manners.
Morality is a test of our conformity rather than our integrity.
I have a respect for manners as such, they are a way of dealing with people you don't agree with or like.
I make a distinction between manners and etiquette - manners as the principles, which are eternal and universal, etiquette as the particular rules which are arbitrary and different in different times, different situations, different cultures.
Respect for ourselves guides our morals, respect for others guides our manners.