Quotes by Crisp, Quentin

Vice is its own reward. It is virtue which, if it is to be marketed wi >>

The law is simply expediency wearing a long white dress. >>

My mother protected me from the world and my father threatened me with >>

Quotations about Etiquette

A commercial society whose members are essentially ascetic and indiffe >>

Those who have mastered etiquette, who are entirely, impeccably right, >>

He who observes etiquette but objects to lying is like someone who dre >>

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.

Crisp, Quentin