The decline of manners, the cynical pursuit without shame or restraint of personal advantage and of money characterizes our times, not without exceptions, of course, but more than we ought to be comfortable with.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Manners are like the shadows of virtues, they are the momentary display of those qualities which our fellow creatures love and respect.
Manners are the hypocrisy of a nation.
I think the thing I miss most in our age is our manners. It sounds so old-fashioned in a way. But even bad people had good manners in the old days, and manners hold a community together, and manners hold a family together; in a way, they hold the world together.
Good manners are appreciated as much as bad manners are abhorred.
Manners are of such great consequence to the novelist that any kind will do. Bad manners are better than no manners at all, and because we are losing our customary manners, we are probably overly conscious of them; this seems to be a condition that produces writers.
Manners make the world work. They're not only based on kindness but also efficiency. When people know what to do, the world is smoother. When no one knows what to do, it's chaos.
In this era in which we live, the old-fashioned virtues grow increasingly unpopular.
Manners are the basic building blocks of civil society.
Class is considerate of others. It knows that good manners is nothing more than a series of petty sacrifices.
It is time to effect a revolution in female manners - time to restore to them their lost dignity. It is time to separate unchangeable morals from local manners.