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A Russian imbues his polite things with a heartiness, both of phrase and expression, that compels belief in their sincerity. — Mark Twain

The only option is politeness-remember always that you are dealing with other primates. — Paul Ford

When politeness is used to show up other people, it is reclassified as rudeness. Thus it is technically impossible to be too polite. — Judith Martin

Politeness. Obedience. Loyalty. Intelligence. Courtesy. Efficiency. — Arundhati Roy

Politeness is better than logic. You can often persuade when you cannot convince. — Josh Billings

Being treated with politeness, consideration, even respect is different from being treated as an equal. — Carol Lynn Pearson

That roguish and cheerful vice, politeness. — Friedrich Nietzsche

Some people are polite, and some are quick. Each one's a good quality to have, but most of the time quickness trumps politeness. — Haruki Murakami

I've always thought there was a fair amount of dishonesty involved in politeness. — Lisa Kleypas

Kindness and politeness are not overrated at all. They're underused. — Tommy Lee Jones

ACCEPT PRAISE FOR ITS WORTH - POLITENESS. BE BRUTALLY FRANK WITH YOURSELF. IT'S SAFER. — Nellie Bly

Politeness and consideration for others is like investing pennies and getting dollars back. — Thomas Sowell

Politeness can at once be the indifferent affliction of the 'civilized' as well as a subterfuge for the designed offence. — Vinod Pande

In the actual state of social relationships, the forms ("formes", Fr.) of politeness are necessary as a subsitute to benevolence. — African Spir

You are the politest man I know, Jake Burnett."
"Had politeness beat into me. — Lorraine Heath

Humor is the politeness of despair. — Boris Vian

Have you shat, my child, I said gently. — Samuel Beckett

Try to be polite."
"I'm always polite."
"You're always eyeing people's valuables. That's hardly polite. — Jodi Meadows

All Butcher's previous politeness was revealed as so much bad milk floating in a cup of welcome tea ... — Peter Carey

I come from people who have always been polite enough to feel that nothing has ever happened to them. — Patricia Hampl

His cold politeness, his ceremonious grace, were worse than anything. — Jane Austen

He was the soul of politeness to everyone
to some with a hint of aversion, to others with a hint of respect. — Ivan Turgenev

Be polite; write diplomatically; even in a declaration of war one observes the rules of politeness. — Otto Von Bismarck

Politeness is to do and say the kindest thing in the kindest way. — Suzanne Woods Fisher

In truth, they were not given to quarrelling. Many couples who love each other more, quarrel more, and with less politeness. — George MacDonald

Never start a sentence with the words 'No offense. — Gretchen Rubin

Politeness makes one appear outwardly as they should be within. — Jean De La Bruyere

He was so excessively polite that Wallendar suspected he had endured many humiliations in his life. — Henning Mankell

The author relates George Bernard Shaw's sentiments that polite conversation excludes the only two subjects that matter, religion and politics. — Lyle W. Dorsett

They [the English] have a special word, "civil," for what is elsewhere merely ordinary politeness. — Edmund Wilson

courtesy, it is also currency. It pays to be lovely to people. — Janna Cachola

Any society which enjoins its members to adhere to both of these (politeness and truth) is a fraud. — Idries Shah

Don't you bully me with your politeness! — Yann Martel

Manners," I say. "It ain't polite to taste people. Shit. — Nenia Campbell

We stared at each other. The level of politeness had risen to dangerous levels. — Ilona Andrews

Gentleness is the great point to be obtained in the study of manners. — Nathaniel Parker Willis

She had the comfort of appearing very polite, while feeling very cross. — Jane Austen

He accomplished wonders of diplomacy on the principle, never give way, and never give offense. — Barbara W. Tuchman

I want minimum information given with maximum politeness. — Jackie Kennedy

Politeness costs little and yields much. — Anne-Therese De Marguenat De Courcelles

One of the greatest victories you can gain over someone is to beat him at politeness. — Josh Billings

Politeness responses you with the cheers of truthfulness. — Jeswant Gembali

There is a politeness of the heart; this is closely allied to love. — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

True politeness consists in being easy one's self, and in making every one about one as easy as one can. — Alexander Pope

Acceptable hypocrisy is often called politeness. — Shannon L. Alder

The boldness of his mind was sheathed in a scabbard of politeness. — Dumas Malone

The truest politeness comes of sincerity. — Samuel Smiles

It was rude, insulting and frequently infuriating, but it made such a refreshing change from the awful politeness of most people. — Iain M. Banks

When one is polite in German, one lies. — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

Politeness is the flower of humanity. — Joseph Joubert

I am going to the USA to catch sight of a wild porcupine and to give some lectures. — Sigmund Freud

Why is it that those who are the most concerned with manners rarely have any themselves? — Heidi Schulz

Virtue, perhaps, is nothing more than politeness of soul. — Honore De Balzac

Excessive politeness fools your mind. — Kristian Goldmund Aumann

I am little acquainted with politeness, but I know a good deal of benevolence of temper and goodness of heart. — Robert Burns

Nine times out of 10, the most charming thing to say in any given situation will be the exact opposite of what one really feels. — Geoff Dyer

Politeness is the result of good sense and good nature. — Oliver Goldsmith

We seem to have lost our capacity for politeness and for genuine concern about the quality of our interactions in this hectic century. — James G. Stavridis

Never wear pride as the jersey of your dreams. You will miss the goal and lose your dreams if you put on pride! — Israelmore Ayivor

I'm absolute attacking my own instinct for politeness, but I think I admire artists who just speak out or who are strong, so it's very hard. — Stephen Fry

Politeness is practical Christianity. — Orville Dewey

Politeness is only one half good manners and the other half good lying. — Mary Wilson Little

Honesty is good sense, politeness, amiableness,
all in one. — Samuel Richardson

Adrian's face was the picture of perfect politeness and restraint, meaning something disastrous was about to happen. — Richelle Mead

Politeness is often fear. Kindness is always courage. But caring is what makes you human. Care more, become more human. — Matt Haig

Politeness is one of those advantages which we never estimate rightly but by the inconvenience of its loss. — Samuel Johnson

My father believed in toughness, honesty, politeness and being on time. All very important lessons. — Roger Moore

Politeness is to human nature what warmth is to wax. — Arthur Schopenhauer

Curious how Love destroys every vestige of that politeness which the human race, in its years of evolution, has so painfully acquired. — Stella Gibbons

In Japan, I was immensely impressed by the politeness, industrious nature and conscientiousness of the Japanese people. — J. Paul Getty

There is no accomplishment so easy to acquire as politeness and none more profitable. — George Bernard Shaw

Politeness [is] a sign of dignity, not subservience. — Theodore Roosevelt

Politeness never was one of your strong points"
"Bitch was always one of yours though — R.S. Burnett

Since the average person's small supply of politeness must last him all his life, he can't afford to waste it on bridge partners. — Alfred Sheinwold

Grace imitates modesty, as politeness imitates kindness. — Joseph Joubert

Politeness has been well defined as benevolence in small things. — Thomas B. Macaulay

You can do a lot more with weapons and politeness than just politeness. — Vladimir Putin

Ceremonies are different in every country, but true politeness is everywhere the same. — Oliver Goldsmith

Ironic. I'm here because of my inherent dangerousness, but it's my inherent politeness that makes me put up with this. With him. — Sophie Jordan

You know, the kind who know Jesus by His first name, but out of politeness never use it even to His face. — Toni Morrison

Something else? That's the nice way of saying they're bat-shit crazy. — J. Lynn

I don't think you should have to try to be nice, I think most people are nice. I think being cheerful and nice is just a politeness. — Graham Norton

Such is the effect of true politeness, that it banishes all restraint and embarassment. — Fanny Burney

Yes, madam," he said, with the exceeding politeness of a man who has just imagined raping you. — Karan Mahajan

There is no policy like politeness; and a good manner is the best thing in the world either to get a good name, or to supply the want of it. — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton

Amazing what the British do with language; the nuances of politeness. The world's great diplomats, surely. — Anne Rice

With love and kindness, with persistence and politeness, you can shake the world. — Debasish Mridha

Politeness is fictitious benevolence. Depend upon it, the want of it never fails to produce something disagreeable to one or other. — Samuel Johnson

Politeness of the mind is to have delicate thoughts — Francois De La Rochefoucauld

His manner somehow friendly and courtly at the same time. — Nancy Gibbs

He was the soul of politeness, my husband. — E.K. Johnston

When affection fell on its ass, politeness could step up. — Lorrie Moore

Oh, hon, it's the little courtesies that make life bearable, I find, wouldn't you agree? — Andrew Ashling

Politeness and courtesy are a small price to pay for the goodwill of others. — John Wooden

As charity covers a multitude of sins before God, so does politeness before men. — Sir Fulke Greville

Clarity is the politeness of the man of letters. — Jules Renard

In the media universe we're in, where there are people screaming on one end, there is no problem at all with having a little bit of extra politeness. — Gwen Ifill

The passivity of the green girl masquerades as politeness — Kate Zambreno

E-mail has some magical ability to turn off the politeness gene in a human being. — Jeff Bezos

A real gentleman is as polite to a little girl as to a woman. — Louisa May Alcott