Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous
old politeness quotes, politeness sayings, and politeness proverbs, collected over the years from a variety
of sources.
It's a pity so many of us persist in regarding politeness as being merely a superficial social grace instead of what it really is, namely one of the necessities of life. Quite apart from politeness for its own sake, and as a matter of plain justice, it is invaluable as a sort of cushion or buffer to hold off the jolt that would otherwise disrupt the harmony of things.Zealandia
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Politeness and an affable address are our best introduction.Marcus Tullius Cicero
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Politeness is the flower of humanity.Joseph Joubert
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Politeness is like an air-cushion—there may be nothing in it, but it wonderfully eases the joltings along the rough road of life. H.W. Beecher
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Politeness is organized indifference.Paul Valery
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Politeness is to human nature what warmth is to wax.Arthur Schopenhauer
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Politeness is half good manners and half good lying.Mary Wilson Little
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There is no accomplishment so easy to acquire as politeness, and none more profitable.Henry Wheeler Shaw
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Politeness is fictitious benevolence. Depend upon it, the want of it never fails to produce something disagreeable to one or other.Samuel Johnson
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Our morality seems to be only a check on the ultimate domination of force, just as our politeness is a check on the impulse of every pig to put his feet in the trough. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
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Politeness [is] a sign of dignity, not subservience.Theodore Roosevelt
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Politeness is the art of choosing among one's real thoughts.Abel Stevens
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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 and unselfish lying. Mark Twain
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Politeness is as much concerned in answering letters within a reasonable time, as it is in returning a bow, immediately.Lord Chesterfield
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It is a wise thing to be polite; consequently, it is a stupid thing to be rude. To make enemies by unnecessary and willful incivility, is just as insane a proceeding as to set your house on fire. For politeness is like a counter--an avowedly false coin, with which it is foolish to be stingy.Arthur Schopenhauer
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Politeness makes one appear outwardly as they should be within.Jean De La Bruyere
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