Quotes about etiquette

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

— 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.

— Quentin Crisp

A commercial society whose members are essentially ascetic and indifferent in social ritual has to be provided with blueprints and specifications for evoking the right tone for every occasion.

— Marshall Mcluhan

Those who have mastered etiquette, who are entirely, impeccably right, would seem to arrive at a point of exquisite dullness.

— Dorothy Parker