Civilisation vs Syphilisation

Quotes regarding outward bodily propriety:


~ Do not slurp with your mouth when eating from a spoon. This is a bestial habit.


~ It is against propriety to hold the fork or spoon with with the whole hand, like a stick.

~ You break bread, you do not cut it.

~ It is impolite to greet someone who is urinating or defacating.

~ Nor is it seemly, after wiping your nose, to spread out your handkerchief and peer into it as if pearls and rubies might have fallen out of your head.


Quotes taken from Norbert Elias.