#propriety

[tenderotto]

Guys, he meant to say wed! Wed him! Bilbo's a well mannered gendlehobbit, thank you very much.

[newyorkthegoldenage]

These six Ziegfeld Girls insisted on having their lunch in their bathing suits, June 5, 1925. The girls—Mildred Lunney, Margy Martin, Helen Sheldon, Catherine Frey, Bobbie Powers, and Edith Babson—went from rehearsal to Keen's Chop House attired only in their beachwear. Paul Henkel, the manager of the restaurant, strenuously objected, claiming they were not properly dressed. Henkel was asked when he had become a censor of women's wear. After much discussion, in which the rest of the diners voted in favor of the girls, they were served.

Photo: Bettmann Archive/Getty Images/Fine Art America

[distinguishedscientist]

You swearing is so funny, your voice is so expensive sounding, you swearing sounds like a posh angry man.

I don't enjoy littering my language with profanities. I find them childish. However, not all words carry the weight they do. And thank you, I do try to speak with good propriety.

[ladysparrow01]

"Jane Austen knew of what she spoke, and she spoke most eloquently. Manners is what holds a society together - that, and a reliable postal service. At bottom, propriety is concern for other people. When that goes out the window, the gates of Hell are surely opened, and ignorance is King."

- The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, 2018.

[loureedwhore]

[pojestcusvekolacice]

[raffaellopalandri]

A Short Comparison: Shaolin Virtues vs. Confucian Principles

Both Shaolin virtues and Confucian principles are guiding lights for ethical conduct, but they stem from different philosophical backgrounds. Photo by Diana on Pexels.com Shaolin Temple, far from just a martial arts school, is steeped in the rich tapestry of Buddhist philosophy and is considered the cradle of Chan (Zen) Buddhism in China. This Buddhist foundation deeply influences and shapes…

[fieriframes]

[Strains the boundaries of propriety.]

[blackgirlslivingwell]

Practice good posture and carriage. | Etiquette Tip

[howifeltabouthim]

It wasn't done, and England was a place where what wasn't done had a force greater than any statute.

Iain Pears, from Arcadia

[angelika-lamode]

You are too good a woman for God alone ❤️

Deference to Abbess Hild, 'The Last Kingdom'

[gothicseverance]

Excesses of passion concealed beneath veils of respectability and propriety.

—Gothic

[randomfusilier]

[adainesfroggieboggy]

Propriety also got an update tonight

[tenth-sentence]

John Balfour of Colinton had imbibed notions prevalent in France not consistent with morality and propriety.*

* Homosexuality.

"Killing for Country: A Family History" - David Marr

[tejilla]

Tasteful, Decorum, Morals, Censorship, Decency, Privacy, a few words that are so trendy, because it's now so unfashionable.