An aphorism is nothing else but the slightest
QUOTES AND APHORISMS ON ETIQUETTE
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 (1908-1999, 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)
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