Decorum Est

Famous quotes containing the words decorum and/or est:

“Writing, when properly managed ... is but a different name for conversation: As no one ... would venture to talk all;Mso no author, who understands the just boundaries of decorum and good breeding, would presume to think all: The truest respect which you can pay to the reader’s understanding, is to ... leave him something to imagine, in his turn, as well as yourself.”
—Laurence Sterne (1713–1768)

“To be is to be perceived [Esse est percipi].”
—George Berkeley (1685–1753)