He who
observes etiquette but objects to lying is like
someone who dresses fashionably but wears no vest.
-- Walter Benjamin
1982-1940, German
Critic, Philosopher
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
1908-, British Author
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
1911-1980, Canadian
Communications Theorist
Those
who have mastered etiquette, who are entirely,
impeccably right, would seem to arrive at a point of
exquisite dullness.
-- Dorothy Parker
1893-1967, American
Humorous Writer
