
“Fine manners need the support of fine manners in others.”
The Conduct of Life, Behaviour
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
1860s, The Conduct of Life (1860), Behavior
“Fine manners need the support of fine manners in others.”
The Conduct of Life, Behaviour
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
“The manner of giving is worth more than the gift.”
La façon de donner vaut mieux que ce qu'on donne.
Cliton, act I, scene i.
Le Menteur (The Liar) (1643)
“Solitude is fine, but you need someone to tell you that solitude is fine.”
La solitude est certainement une belle chose, mais il y a plaisir d'avoir quelqu'un qui sache répondre, à qui on puisse dire de temps en temps, que c'est un belle chose. (Solitude is certainly a fine thing; but there is pleasure in having someone who can answer, from time to time, that it is a fine thing.) —Jean-Louis Guez de Balzac, Dissertations chrétiennes et morales (1665), XVIII: "Les plaisirs de la vie retirée".
Misattributed
“There’s a fine line between support and stalking and let’s all stay on the right side of that.”