Quotes About Politesse

Snob mon cul, dit Zazie. ~ — Gentille mon cul, rétorqua Zazie. ~ — Grandes personnes mon cul, répliqua Zazie. ~ — Seule mon cul, dit la fillette avec la correction du langage qui lui était habituelle. ~ — Politesse mon cul, dit Zazie. ~ — Quelle colique que l'egzistence, reprit Madeleine (soupir). ~ — Tu causes, tu causes, c'est tout ce que tu sais faire.

Well, too bad, Diogenes: I make no apologies for a life that privileged pleasure, poise, and politesse. Had your lantern light fallen on my face that bright March morning I could have told you, honestly, that I have never been dishonest.

The 'gens du monde' [for whom Boucher painted] celebrated an ideal of sociability, politesse, and reciprocity that insisted on the equality of men and women and de-emphasized sexual difference. In its entertainments, in its art, and even in its social reality, 'le monde' delighted in gender play - in mistaken identities, in cross-dressing disguise, in unresolved ambiguities and dualities.