Quotes About Politeness

He was so excessively polite that Wallendar suspected he had endured many humiliations in his life.

All legislation, all government, all society is founded upon the principle of mutual concession, politeness, comity, courtesy; upon these everything is based...Let him who elevates himself above humanity, above its weaknesses, its infirmities, its wants, its necessities, say, if he pleases, I will never compromise; but let no one who is not above the frailties of our common nature disdain compromises.

Politeness has been defined as love in trifles. Courtesy is said to be love in little things. And the one secret of politeness is to love.

I hope i shall never hav so much reputashun that i shan't feel obliged to be alwus civil.

Thare iz this mutch kan be sed in favour ov good-breeding, it iz the only thing that kan make a phool endurable.

Politeness iz often wasted, but it iz a good and cheap mistake tew make.

But she immediately turned away to Princess Marya Borisovna and never once glanced at him until he got up to leave; then she looked at him, but obviously only because it was impolite not to look at a man when he was bowing to you.

Punctuality is the politeness of princes'?

Quentin looked at Plum. "After you," she said. "Ladies first." "Age before beauty." "P's before Q's.

Curtsy while you're thinking what to say. It saves time.

It isn't etiquette to cut anyone you've been introduced to. Remove the joint!

What's so useful about the British culture of politeness is the level of passive aggression is really fun to write.

It may be vain to care too much how you look, but it is impolite to care too little. You do a generous thing for the world when you present yourself properly.

Some tea?" "I wouldn't say no, sir." When

I had never come across a talking cat before, but good manners, as my father used to say, cost nothing.

En France, on a d'abord considéré la bonté comme une forme de la bêtise, la méchanceté comme une forme de l'intelligence. Maintenant la politesse est considérée comme du temps perdu.

Il était comme ces moines qui sont obligés de faire effort pour s'arracher d'où ils sont et venir où vous êtes; imiter les rires et les mots auxquels vous êtes habitués; avoir la politesse ou le mépris de ne pas trop vous surprendre.

she had ignored the Heidlers because she realized that she could afford to display coldness, and that no good ever comes from being too polite.

La patronne était là, j'ai dû la baiser, mais c'était bien par politesse.

My parents were very strict about manners and being polite to others. I brought my own children up that way, too.

It's one of these things that I've been struck by for so long about America. You know, this amazing politeness of American life that's not at all class specific. It's not like people get more polite as ascend the hierarchy of society. Just incredible good manners. It's always been something that I've noticed.

You're nonagoshabibble," Squid said. "Squid, be polite,

Stephen reflected for some little while on the exact degree of calculated incivility allowed in a well-bred man.

Raging politeness," this extreme friendliness is sometimes termed, but even if that is true, it is better than the cold stare or the averted eyes or the calculated snub I was used to in New England.