Top Politeness Quotes
Politeness is a desire to be treated politely, and to be esteemed polite oneself.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
For me, politeness is a sine qua non of civilization.
Robert A. Heinlein
Politeness is half good manners and half good lying.
Mary Wilson Little
Politeness is the poison of collaboration.
Edwin Land
Ceremonies are different in every country, but true politeness is everywhere the same.
Oliver Goldsmith
Philip Stanhope 
Ambrose Bierce 
Thomas Jefferson 
Robert A. Heinlein 
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Politeness is as much concerned in answering letters within a reasonable time, as it is in returning a bow, immediately.
Philip Stanhope 
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Politeness is the art of choosing among your thoughts.
Madame de Stael
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Callousness and insolence bring to bare unanimous social condemnation, while the simple efforts of politeness are admired; even in those who are otherwise despised.
Bryant H. McGill
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Courteousness is consideration for others; politeness is the method used to deliver such considerations.
Bryant H. McGill
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One of the greatest victories you can gain over someone is to beat him at politeness.
Josh Billings
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I place a high moral value on the way people behave. I find it repellent to have a lot, and to behave with anything other than courtesy in the old sense of the word - politeness of the heart, a gentleness of the spirit.
Fran Lebowitz
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It is impossible to practice parliamentary politics without having patience, decency, politeness and courtesy.
Khaleda Zia
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True politeness consists in being easy one's self, and in making every one about one as easy as one can.
Alexander Pope
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Be polite; write diplomatically; even in a declaration of war one observes the rules of politeness.
Otto von Bismarck
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