"Politeness is what warmth is to wax" — German Proverb

More Politeness Quotes

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• Politeness and civility are the best capital ever invested in business. Large stores, gilt signs, flaming advertisements, will all prove… — P T Barnum
• Be polite; write diplomatically; even in a declaration of war one observes the rules of politeness. — Otto von Bismarck
• Politeness, n: The most acceptable hypocrisy. — Ambrose Bierce
• One of the greatest victories you can gain over someone is to beat him at politeness. — Josh Billings
• That survival instinct, that will to live, that need to get back to life again, is more powerful than any… — Danny Boyle
• Politeness and consideration for others is like investing pennies and getting dollars back. — Thomas Sowell
• He is the very pineapple of politeness. — Richard Brinsley Sheridan
• Politeness goes far, yet costs nothing. — Samuel Smiles
• Politeness of mind consists in thinking chaste and refined thoughts. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
• Nobody thanks a witty man for politeness when he puts himself on a par with a society in which it… — Friedrich Nietzsche
• When good friends praise a gifted person he often appears to be delighted with them out of politeness and goodwill,… — Friedrich Nietzsche
• Diplomacy is the lowest form of politeness because it misquotes the greatest number of people. A nation, like an individual,… — Elwyn Brooks White

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