Amiable Quote by William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham

“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

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

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

Nothing is more dissimilar than natural and acquired politeness. The first consists in a willing abnegation of self; the second in a compelled recollection…

— Lord Chesterfield

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

Manners are the shadows of virtues; the momentary display of those qualities which our fellow creatures love, and respect.

— Sydney Smith

Manners are like the shadows of virtues, they are the momentary display of those qualities which our fellow creatures love and respect.

— Sydney Smith

Good manners are the technique of expressing considerations for the feelings of others.

— Alice Miller

Politeness has been defined to be artificial good-nature; but we may affirm, with much greater propriety, that good-nature is natural politeness.

— Stanisław I Leszczyński

Be not forward, but friendly and courteous; the first to salute, hear and answer; and be not pensive when it is time to converse.

— George Washington

It seems to me that the spirit of politeness is a certain attention in causing that, by our words and by our manners, others…

— Jean de la Bruyere

Good manners are the techniques of expressing consideration for the feelings of others.

— Alice Duer Miller