Politeness Quotes · Page 5

There is nothing costs less than civility.

— Miguel de Cervantes

True power and true politeness are above vanity.

— Voltaire

“the veneer of civilization is exceedingly thin”

— Karin Tansek

“Killing a cruelty is not a cruelty.”

— Amit Kalantri

The only true source of politeness is consideration.

— William Gilmore Simms

Don't mistake politeness for lack of strength.

— Sonia Sotomayor

Politeness is sometimes a great tax upon sincerity.

— Charlotte Lennox

Politeness is organized indifference.

— Paul Valery

“...thanks for good deeds do not amount to much except to prove one's politeness.”

— L. Frank Baum

Virtue, perhaps, is nothing more than politeness of soul.

— Honore de Balzac

“Something else? That's the nice way of saying they're bat-shit crazy.”

— J. Lynn

Politeness has become so rare that people mistake it for flirtation

— MlY AB

Dont let the littleness in others bring out the littleness in you.

— JREYES

“They're the only thing worse than family, other people's family.”

— Anonymous

“Politeness. Being nice is what's left when you've failed at everything else.”

— Diane Setterfield

“Manners,” I say. “It ain't polite to taste people. Shit.”

— Nenia Campbell

“Would you like a drink?” Politeness wins out over everything else I’d like to say. “No, thank you, Anastasia.” He smiles a…

— E. L. James

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

— African Spir

The higher we get educated and higher we are placed, the softer should be our approach and humbler should be our attitude.

— Senora Roy

There are few defects in our nature so glaring as not to be veiled from observation by politeness and good-breeding.

— Stanisław I Leszczyński

Our morality seems to be only a check on the ultimate domination of force, just as our politeness is a check on…

— Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr

Defect in manners is usually the defect of fine perceptions. Men are too coarsely made for the delicacy of beautiful carriage and…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Great men show politeness in a particular way; a smile suffices to assure you that you are welcome, and keep about their…

— John James Audubon

Spare me this sanctimony about politeness, please. There are millions of people in this country who hate the very word 'Thatcher' and…

— George Galloway

To the acquisition of the rare quality of politeness, so much of the enlightened understanding is necessary that I cannot but consider…

— Harold Monro

There's no nation under the sun can beat the English for ill-politeness: for my part, I hate the very sight of them;…

— Fanny Burney

With everybody having a Facebook and a Twitter, I feel like regular people consider themselves stars. It's a live, real-time upload of…

— Jeff Ross

The exquisite code of politeness of the Woosters prevented me clipping her one on the ear-hole, but I would have given a…

— Anonymous

Good-breeding is not confined to externals, much less to any particular dress or attitude of the body; it is the art of…

— Henry Fielding

The steward, according to custom, had stopped all the clocks. This, in the language of Narouz, said, "Your stay with us is…

— Lawrence Durrell

If you did go to high school and then college, there's definitely a solidarity with someone that is from your hometown and…

— John Krasinski

“Sick cultures show a complex of symptoms such as you have named…but a dying culture invariably exhibits personal rudeness. Bad manners. Lack…

— Robert A. Heinlein

Clarity is the politeness of the man of letters.

— Jules Renard

Politeness is the chief sign of culture.

— Baltasar Gracian

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

— Theodore Roosevelt

Politeness is the art of choosing among your thoughts.

— Madame de Stael

Politeness is the flower of humanity.

— Joseph Joubert

“Politeness is nothing without respect”

— Brandon escriba

“It is astounding what power being kind, mannered, polite and considerate has in transforming your life.”

— Bryant McGill

Politeness has become so rare some people mistake it for flirtation.

— Anonymous