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Politeness Quote by Yiyun Li

“There is a certain amount of politeness here in America, which is probably more than just politeness.” quote by Yiyun Li — Download Open image

“There is a certain amount of politeness here in America, which is probably more than just politeness.”

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“The closest she got to pretence was politeness.”

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The highest perfection of politeness is only a beautiful edifice, built, from the base to the dome, of ungraceful and gilded forms of charitable…

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There are few defects in our nature so glaring as not to be veiled from observation by politeness and good-breeding.

Stanisław I Leszczyński

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With hat in hand, one gets on in the world.

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To joke in the face of danger is the supreme politeness, a delicate refusal to cast oneself as a tragic hero.

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Adrian's face was the picture of perfect politeness and restraint, meaning something disastrous was about to happen.

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“In general, poor is polite and rich is rude.”

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When I act tough they listen politely till the spasm passes. They know.

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