Best Politeness Sayings

156 Politeness quotes by 133 unique authors

Politeness is fictitious benevolence. — Samuel Johnson
True politeness consists in being easy one's self, and in making every one about one as easy as one can. — Alexander Pope
They [the English] have a special word, "civil," for what is elsewhere merely ordinary politeness. — Edmund Wilson
Old men when they begin to hear the last trumpet, on the morning breeze, often have a kind of absent-minded smile; like people listening. And… — Joyce Cary
I still do find it very difficult in the West to connect to this politeness of smiling, not saying how you're thinking or not saying… — Waris Dirie
If a man didn't make sense, the Scotch felt it was misplaced politeness to try to keep him from knowing it. Better that he be… — John Kenneth Galbraith
Conversation was never begun at once, nor in a hurried manner. No one was quick with a question, no matter how important, and no one… — Luther Standing Bear
That roguish and cheerful vice, politeness. — Friedrich Nietzsche
Treat your enemies with courtesy, and you'll see how valuable it really is. It costs little but pays a nice dividend: those who honor are… — Baltasar Gracian
The amount of force and violence necessary to board the train, for example was no less and no more than the amoount of politeness and… — Gregory David Roberts
Play fair. Don't hit people. Say you're sorry when you hurt somebody. — Robert Fulghum
It is wise to apply the oil of refined politeness to the mechanism of friendship. — Sidonie Gabrielle Colette
An armed society is a polite society. Manners are good when one may have to back up his acts with his life. — Robert A. Heinlein
For me, politeness is a sine qua non of civilization. — Robert A. Heinlein
In truth, politeness is artificial good humor, it covers the natural want of it, and ends by rendering habitual a substitute nearly equivalent to the… — Thomas Jefferson
Kindness and politeness are not overrated at all. They're underused. — Tommy Lee Jones
Politeness is the flower of humanity. — Joseph Joubert
I want minimum information given with maximum politeness. — Jackie Kennedy
Politeness is the poison of collaboration. — Edwin Land
I place a high moral value on the way people behave. I find it repellent to have a lot, and to behave with anything other… — Fran Lebowitz
A polite enemy is just as difficult to discredit, as a rude friend is to protect. — Bryant H. McGill
Courteousness is consideration for others; politeness is the method used to deliver such considerations. — Bryant H. McGill
Callousness and insolence bring to bare unanimous social condemnation, while the simple efforts of politeness are admired; even in those who are otherwise despised. — Bryant H. McGill
My father believed in toughness, honesty, politeness and being on time. All very important lessons. — Roger Moore
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… — Graham Norton

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