Civility Quote by Michel de Montaigne

Civility is not simply about manners.

— Jim Leach

Courtesy is the bedrock of social interchange. No matter what you're doing, even if you're fomenting revolution, you can still be courteous.

— Joan M. Drury

Courtesy is only a thin veneer on the general selfishness.

— Honore de Balzac

An excess of courtesy is discourtesy

— Japanese Proverb

I have seen people rude by being over-polite.

— Michel de Montaigne

It is better to have too much courtesy than too little, provided you are not equally courteous to all, for that would be injustice.

— Baltasar Gracian

Some people don’t respond to civility.

— James Ellroy

“Often people that tell others they are "extremely polite" when the situation calls for tact and bluntness are not actually polite people. Instead, they…

— Shannon L. Alder

Courtesy is a waste of time; it weakens you and undermines you.

— Yasmina Reza

I think people hold back all kinds of things. And in a way, they just want to be nice. They want to be civil.

— Mary Gaitskill

When one is very polite others will not find fault.

— Anonymous

“Civility is not a specific code of behavior as much as it is a call to unrelenting preemptive thought, and steady effort to care…

— John R. Dallas Jr