“One of the greatest victories you can gain over someone is to beat him at politeness.” -Josh Billings” — Genna Rulon Copy Share Image
There is no accomplishment so easy to acquire as politeness and none more profitable. — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
When I act tough they listen politely till the spasm passes. They know. — Frank McCourt Copy Share Image
Politeness and an affable address are our best introduction. — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
You can do a lot more with weapons and politeness than just politeness. — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
Politeness and civility are the best capital ever invested in business. — P. T. Barnum Copy Share Image
Curious how Love destroys every vestige of that politeness which the human race, in its years of evolution, has so painfully acquired. — Stella Gibbons Copy Share Image
What's so useful about the British culture of politeness is the level of passive aggression is really fun to write. — Phoebe Waller-Bridge Copy Share Image
Imagine a superstar of his stature coming to someone like me and saying, 'Hi Meghana, I'm Mohanlal. Nice to meet you!' I… — Meghana Raj Copy Share Image
The company of women of fashion will improve your manners, though not your understanding; and that complaisance and politeness, which are so… — Lord Chesterfield Copy Share Image
The ability to compromise is not a diplomatic politeness toward a partner but rather taking into account and respecting your partner's legitimate… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
The last introvert in a world of extroverts. Silence: my response to both emptiness and saturation. But silence frightens people. I had… — Ariel Gore Copy Share Image
“Politeness is good only in social relations, because to be polite in literary or academic [matters] would be to be dishonest. Ipinasa… — Teodoro A. Agoncillo Copy Share Image
“You are a worthy competitor, the best rival I ever encountered, it is an honour to be your opponent, you are better… — Amit Kalantri Copy Share Image
It is a wise thing to be polite; consequently, it is a stupid thing to be rude. To make enemies by unnecessary… — Arthur Schopenhauer Copy Share Image
People should be left to believe what they like, so long as they harm no one else. Apart from normal expectations of… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Librarians, Dusty, possess a vast store of politeness. These are people who get asked regularly the dumbest questions on God's green earth.… — Garrison Keillor Copy Share Image
Conversation as talent exists only in France. In other countries, conversation provides politeness, discussion, and friendship; in France, it is an art… — Madame de Stael Copy Share Image
It was always so hot, and everyone was so polite, and everything was all surface but underneath it was like a bomb… — James McBride Copy Share Image
True politeness is the spirit of benevolence showing itself in a refined way. It is the expression of good-will and kindness. It… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Why did Americans smile so often? Was it out of politeness or because of a gay disposition? Whatever it was, I for… — Svetlana Alliluyeva Copy Share Image
“Politeness, I learned at her salon, is a demanding discipline; to convince others without recourse to the tricks of the demagogue or… — Iain Pears Copy Share Image
Politeness has become so rare that some people mistake it for flirtation... — Waseem Copy Share Image
“As I’ve heard other people’s mothers tell their daughters, politeness is its own reward.” — Susan Ee Copy Share Image
“Ability does catches my attention, but its a politeness in the person that I remember.” — Amit Kalantri Copy Share Image
Courteousness is consideration for others; politeness is the method used to deliver such considerations. — Bryant H. McGill Copy Share Image
“Oh, hon, it's the little courtesies that make life bearable, I find, wouldn't you agree?” — Andrew Ashling Copy Share Image
It is wise to apply the oil of refined politeness to the mechanism of friendship. — Sidonie Gabrielle Colette Copy Share Image
Hope, politeness, the blowing of a nose, the squeak of a boot, all produce "boum. — E. M. Forster Copy Share Image
They [the English] have a special word, "civil," for what is elsewhere merely ordinary politeness. — Edmund Wilson Copy Share Image
A polite enemy is just as difficult to discredit, as a rude friend is to protect. — Bryant H. McGill Copy Share Image
A gentleman is someone who does not what he wants to do, but what he should do. — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
As charity covers a multitude of sins before God, so does politeness before men. — Sir Fulke Greville Copy Share Image
“Do not be deceived by the the politeness of the fey. Fey are almost always polite. This does not mean they will… — Julie Kagawa Copy Share Image
“Sydney tried — sometimes he really tried — but his default mindset didn’t have those kinds of manners. What he really meant… — Rebecca McKinsey Copy Share Image
One needs no particular talent to be polite. On the contrary, being nice is what's left when you've failed at everything else. — Diane Setterfield Copy Share Image
The sweetness and generosity and politeness and gentleness and humanity of the French had shown me how lovely life can be if… — Julia Child Copy Share Image
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