Quotes About Politeness

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.

Oh, come, darling,' Guy protested, 'I didn't want to marry Sophie, but one has to be polite.

As part of Camus' refusal to debate his political enemies publicly after their vitriolic responses to the publication of 'The Rebel'] At this point, the least sentence I might say will be used in a way that disgusts me in advance. ... It would be impossible for me in that case to continue expressing myself with academic politeness. I am mistaken for a deliberately polite man whom one may insult in all safety.

The five brothers and sisters, and I myself, have gradually grown more adult, more polite, more guarded—have become, in short, "members of society"—and when we do on occasion meet, it's not the least bit fun.

Vulgarity is simply the conduct of other people.

Bore: a man who is never unintentionally rude.

Be polite write diplomatically even in a declaration of war one observes the rules of politeness.

Dr. MacBride had a manner of saying "pardon me," which rendered forgiveness well-nigh impossible.

We must be as courteous to a man as we are to a picture, which we are willing to give the advantage of a good light (p. 41).

Don't lick the guests, darling. Bad manners.

Canadian hikers would be too polite to end up as bodies. Thus the bodies must not belong to random hikers.

I learned a lot about how to be frigidly polite and still leave somebody feeling like they'd been spanked.

Thank you very much," I said. "But I really ought to tell you: I'm not a lord." The dwarf smiled tolerantly. "Of course not, my lord. Is there anything else we can do for you?

It took us most of the morning to put together the letter she sent to the Frontier Management Department, and I learned a lot about how to be frigidly polite and still leave somebody feeling like they'd been spanked.

As hospitality demanded the invitation, courtesy demanded acceptance

My mother taught me to be polite to dragons. Particularly polite, I mean; she taught me to be ordinary polite to everyone...but dragons are a special case. -Daystar

Call a jack a jack. Call a spade a spade. But always call a whore a lady. Their lives are hard enough, and it never hurts to be polite.

As my father used to say: "Call a jack a jack. Call a spade a spade. But always call a whore a lady. Their lives are hard enough, and it never hurts to be polite.

Three circles. Perfect for asking. It was better to be gentle and polite. It was the worst sort of selfishness to force yourself upon the world.

It was better to be gentle and polite. It was the worst sort of selfishness to force yourself upon the world.

Call a jack a jack. Call a spade a spade. But always call a whore a lady. Their lives are hard enough, and it never hurts to be polite." Hetera

Si c'est un valet, annonce un valet. Si c'est un pique, annonce un pique. Mais pour une putain, tu dois toujours dire une « dame ». Leur vie est déjà assez pénible, et la politesse n'a jamais tué personne

my father used to say: "Call a jack a jack. Call a spade a spade. But always call a whore a lady. Their lives are hard enough, and it never hurts to be polite.

comport yourself with more decorum in the future.