Artificial Quote by Henry David Thoreau

The total and universal want of manners, both in males and females, is ... remarkable ... that polish which removes the coarser and rougher…

— Frances Trollope

All Politeness is owing to Liberty. We polish one another, and rub off our Corners and rough Sides by a sort of amicable Collision.…

— Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 10th Earl of Shaftesbury

True politeness is to social life what oil is to machinery, a thing to oil the ruts and grooves of existence. False politeness can…

— Frances Harper

Politeness is the result of good sense and good nature.

— Oliver Goldsmith

Manners must adorn knowledge and smooth its way in the world, without them it is like a great rough diamond, very well in a…

— Lord Chesterfield

True politeness is the spirit of benevolence showing itself in a refined way. It is the expression of good-will and kindness. It promotes both…

— Henry Ward Beecher

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

— Alexander Pope

True politeness is perfect ease and freedom. It simply consists in treating others just as you love to be treated yourself.

— Lord Chesterfield

“Good manners without sincerity are like a beautiful dead lady. Straightforwardness without civility is like a surgeon's knife, effective but unpleasant. Candor with courtesy…

— Yukteswar Giri

The only true source of politeness is consideration,--that vigilant moral sense which never loses sight of the rights, the claims, and the sensibilities of…

— William Gilmore Simms

In the contemporary world, we think of politeness as surface behavior, like frosting - it's sweet and attractive and finishes off the cake. But…

— Amor Towles

Politeness does not always inspire goodness, equity, complaisance, and gratitude; it gives at least the appearance of these qualities, and makes man appear outwardly,…

— Jean de la Bruyere