Famous Quotes - Tags - Behavior

  • ... the conduct of an accountable being must be regulated by the operations of its own reason ... More
  • A grifter’s got an irresistible urge to be the guy who’s wise. There’s nothin’ to... More
  • A man’s first Care should be to avoid the Reproaches of his own Heart; his next, to escape the... More
  • A quiet well-behaved boy is likely to be both frightened and ambitious. More
  • A wellborn mind that is practiced in dealing with people makes itself thoroughly agreeable by... More
  • Aesop, that great man, saw his master making water as he walked. “What!” he said, “Must we... More
  • Always do sober what you said you’d do when you were drunk. That will teach you to keep your... More
  • And the Angel told Tom if he’d be a good boy,
    He’d have God for his father & never... More
  • And to live there, among strangers,
    Calls for teashop behaviours.... More
  • Better to suffer injury than to injure others. More
  • But my greatest delight is to take a good bite
    At a calf that is plump and delicious;
    And... More
  • Cruel children, crying babies,
    All grow up as geese and gabies,
    Hated, as their age... More
  • Even if you’re not going anywhere, don’t get in the way. More
  • Every one rushes elsewhere and into the future, because no one wants to face one’s own inner self. More
  • Gaining a better understanding of how children’s minds work at different ages will allow you to... More
  • Gestures ..., in love, are incomparably more attractive, effective and valuable than words. More
  • Good breeding and good nature do incline us rather to help and raise people up to ourselves, than... More
  • He never does a proper thing without giving an improper reason for it. More
  • I love a gay and sociable wisdom, and shun harshness and austerity in behaviour, holding every... More
  • If I am to serve as an instrument of deceit, at least let it be with a clear conscience. I do not... More
  • If I beat up on you and I took your smack, I’d be within my rights. Because you can’t deal... More
  • If one’s posture is upright, one has no need to fear a crooked shadow. More
  • If the elders have no values, their children and grandchildren will turn out badly. More
  • If the tree is straight it need not fear casting a crooked shadow. More
  • If you don’t want others to know about it, don’t do it. More
  • It is a Secret known but to a few, yet of no small use in the Conduct of Life, that when you fall... More
  • It is difficult to be a good person. More
  • It is with benefits as with injuries in this respect, that we do not so much weigh the accidental... More
  • I’m sitting here like Sis cat, washing my face and usin’ my manners. More
  • Let men say we be men of good government, being governed, as the sea is, by our noble and chaste... More
  • Let this be one invariable rule of your conduct—never to show the least symptom of resentment,... More
  • Lilly Dillon: How’d you get that punch in the stomach, Roy?
    Roy Dillon: I tripped on a... More
  • Mankind divides itself into two classes,—benefactors and malefactors. The second class is vast,... More
  • Mr. Marriott: I’m afraid I don’t like your manner.
    Philip Marlowe: Yeah, I’ve had... More
  • Not being able to control events, I control myself; and I adapt myself to them, if they do not... More
  • Nothing can be more real, or concern us more, than our own sentiments of pleasure and uneasiness;... More
  • O I forbid you, maidens a’
    That wear gowd on your hair,
    To come, or gae by... More
  • Of the opinions of philosophy I most gladly embrace those that are most solid, that is to say,... More
  • Old among the young, poor among the rich, I adopt an air of indefinable superiority. More
  • One should never intend to do harm to others, but should always guard against the harm others... More
  • The civilizing process has increased the distance between behavior and the impulse life of the... More
  • The common behavior of mankind is the system of reference by means of which we interpret an... More
  • The difference between a lady and a flower girl is not how she behaves, but how she’s treated. More
  • The great secret, Eliza, is not having bad manners or good manners or any other particular sort... More
  • The maxim of courts is that manner is power. More
  • The test of a man’s or woman’s breeding is how they behave in a quarrel. Anybody can behave... More
  • The true mirror of our discourse is the course of our lives. More
  • The worst condition of humans is when they lose knowledge and control of themselves. More
  • There are those who dance to the rhythm that is played to them, those who only dance to their own... More
  • There is no ordinary Part of humane Life which expresseth so much a good Mind, and a right inward... More
  • There is nothing so necessary, but at the same time there is nothing more difficult (I know it by... More
  • There is nothing so noble and so right as to play our human life well and fitly, nor anything so... More
  • There should be more sincerity and heart in human relations, more silence and simplicity in our... More
  • There was a young lady called Maud,
    A sort of society fraud.
    In the parlor, ‘tis... More
  • Those who harm others ultimately harm themselves. More
  • To compose our character is our duty, not to compose books, and to win, not battles and... More
  • To predict the behavior of ordinary people in advance, you only have to assume that they will... More
  • To stroll is a science, it is the gastronomy of the eye. To walk is to vegetate, to stroll is to... More
  • Vainglory and curiosity are the two scourges of our soul. The latter leads us to thrust our noses... More
  • Well, I never would have believed that grown up men could behave like spiteful little schoolboys.... More
  • Well-behaved: he always speaks as if his mother might be listening. More
  • What fear has once made me will, I am bound still to will when without fear. More
  • What’s the good of being stoical if nobody notices? More
  • When we see a soul whose acts are all regal, graceful, and pleasant as roses, we must thank God... More
  • When you’re slapped you’ll take and like it! More
  • Wise men read very sharply all your private history in your look and gait and behavior. The whole... More
  • You are at your very best when things are worst. More
  • You can say the opposite of something you’ve said but you can’t do the opposite of something... More
  • ‘Tis better to be righteous and poor than to be in crooked and rich. More

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