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Politeness Quotes

Treat your enemies with courtesy, and you’ll see how valuable it really is. It costs little but pays a nice dividend: those who honor are honored. Politeness and a sense of honor have this advantage: we bestow them on others without losing a thing Picture Quote #1

Politeness only teaches us to save others from unnecessary pain... You are not bound by politeness to tell any falsehoods Picture Quote #1

When politeness is used to show up other people, it is reclassified as rudeness. Thus it is technically impossible to be too polite Picture Quote #1

Great men show politeness in a particular way; a smile suffices to assure you that you are welcome, and keep about their avocations as if you were a member of the family Picture Quote #1

Politeness and a sense of honor have this advantage: we bestow them on others without losing a thing Picture Quote #1

I’m absolute attacking my own instinct for politeness, but I think I admire artists who just speak out or who are strong, so it’s very hard Picture Quote #1

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A true politeness does not result from any hasty and artificial polishing, it is true, but grows naturally in characters of the right grain and quality, through a long fronting of men and events, and rubbing on good and bad fortune Picture Quote #1

The company of women of fashion will improve your manners, though not your understanding; and that complaisance and politeness, which are so useful in men’s company, can only be acquired in women’s Picture Quote #1

Politeness costs nothing. Nothing, that is, to him that shows it; but if often costs the world very dear Picture Quote #1

Politeness, however, acts the lady’s maid to our thoughts; and they are washed, dressed, curled, rouged, and perfumed, before they are presented to the public Picture Quote #1

True politeness is to social life what oil is to machinery, a thing to oil the ruts and grooves of existence. False politeness can shine without warming and glitter without vivifying Picture Quote #1

True politeness consists in being easy one’s self, and in making every one about one as easy as one can Picture Quote #1

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One of the greatest victories you can gain over someone is to beat him at politeness Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

Politeness is one of those advantages which we never estimate rightly but by the inconvenience of its loss Picture Quote #1

The ability to compromise is not a diplomatic politeness toward a partner but rather taking into account and respecting your partner’s legitimate interests Picture Quote #1

I smiled back, the importance of manners, my mother always said, is inversely related to how inclined one is to use them, or, in other words, sometimes politeness is all that stands between oneself and madness Picture Quote #1

The aim is to burn through to first thoughts, to the place where energy is unobstructed by social politeness or the internal censor, to the place where you are writing what you mind actually sees and feels, not what it thinks it should see or feel Picture Quote #1

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The politeness was painful. I wanted to push through it, to return to the glow of the night of the concert, but I was unsure of how to get back there Picture Quote #1

Nobody thanks a witty man for politeness when he puts himself on a par with a society in which it would not be polite to show one’s wit Picture Quote #1

When good friends praise a gifted person he often appears to be delighted with them out of politeness and goodwill, but in reality he feels indifferent Picture Quote #1

The very essence of politeness seems to be to take care that by our words and actions we make other people pleased with us as well as with themselves Picture Quote #1

There is a time for politeness and there is a time when you are obliged to be rude Picture Quote #1

The bonds between ourselves and another person exists only in our minds. Memory as it grows fainter loosens them, and notwithstanding the illusion by which we want to be duped and which, out of love, friendship, politeness, deference, duty, we dupe other people, we exist alone. Man is the creature who cannot escape from himself, who knows other people only in himself, and when he asserts the contrary, he is lying Picture Quote #1

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The only true source of politeness is consideration, that vigilant moral sense which never loses sight of the rights, the claims, and the sensibilities of others. This is the one quality, over all others, necessary to make a gentleman Picture Quote #1

Politeness does not always inspire goodness, equity, complaisance, and gratitude; it gives at least the appearance of these qualities, and makes man appear outwardly, as he should be within Picture Quote #1

Politeness is a kind of anaesthetic which envelops the asperities of our character, so that other people be not wounded by them. We should never be without it, even when we contend with the rude Picture Quote #1

Nothing is more dissimilar than natural and acquired politeness. The first consists in a willing abnegation of self; the second in a compelled recollection of others Picture Quote #1

I consider that the spirit of politeness is a certain desire to bring it about, that, by our words and manners, others may be pleased with us and with themselves Picture Quote #1

Politeness is fictitious benevolence. Depend upon it, the want of it never fails to produce something disagreeable to one or other Picture Quote #1

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Treat your enemies with courtesy, and you’ll see how valuable it really is. It costs little but pays a nice dividend: those who honor are honored. Politeness and a sense of honor have this advantage: we bestow them on others without losing a thing (Politeness Quotes) Politeness only teaches us to save others from unnecessary pain... You are not bound by politeness to tell any falsehoods (Politeness Quotes) When politeness is used to show up other people, it is reclassified as rudeness. Thus it is technically impossible to be too polite (Politeness Quotes) Great men show politeness in a particular way; a smile suffices to assure you that you are welcome, and keep about their avocations as if you were a member of the family (Politeness Quotes) Politeness and a sense of honor have this advantage: we bestow them on others without losing a thing (Politeness Quotes) I’m absolute attacking my own instinct for politeness, but I think I admire artists who just speak out or who are strong, so it’s very hard (Politeness Quotes) A true politeness does not result from any hasty and artificial polishing, it is true, but grows naturally in characters of the right grain and quality, through a long fronting of men and events, and rubbing on good and bad fortune (Politeness Quotes) The company of women of fashion will improve your manners, though not your understanding; and that complaisance and politeness, which are so useful in men’s company, can only be acquired in women’s (Politeness Quotes) Politeness costs nothing. Nothing, that is, to him that shows it; but if often costs the world very dear (Politeness Quotes) Politeness, however, acts the lady’s maid to our thoughts; and they are washed, dressed, curled, rouged, and perfumed, before they are presented to the public (Politeness Quotes) True politeness is to social life what oil is to machinery, a thing to oil the ruts and grooves of existence. False politeness can shine without warming and glitter without vivifying (Politeness Quotes) True politeness consists in being easy one’s self, and in making every one about one as easy as one can (Politeness Quotes) One of the greatest victories you can gain over someone is to beat him at politeness (Politeness Quotes) 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 (Politeness Quotes) Politeness is one of those advantages which we never estimate rightly but by the inconvenience of its loss (Politeness Quotes) The ability to compromise is not a diplomatic politeness toward a partner but rather taking into account and respecting your partner’s legitimate interests (Politeness Quotes) I smiled back, the importance of manners, my mother always said, is inversely related to how inclined one is to use them, or, in other words, sometimes politeness is all that stands between oneself and madness (Politeness Quotes) The aim is to burn through to first thoughts, to the place where energy is unobstructed by social politeness or the internal censor, to the place where you are writing what you mind actually sees and feels, not what it thinks it should see or feel (Politeness Quotes) The politeness was painful. I wanted to push through it, to return to the glow of the night of the concert, but I was unsure of how to get back there (Politeness Quotes) Nobody thanks a witty man for politeness when he puts himself on a par with a society in which it would not be polite to show one’s wit (Politeness Quotes) When good friends praise a gifted person he often appears to be delighted with them out of politeness and goodwill, but in reality he feels indifferent (Politeness Quotes) The very essence of politeness seems to be to take care that by our words and actions we make other people pleased with us as well as with themselves (Politeness Quotes) There is a time for politeness and there is a time when you are obliged to be rude (Politeness Quotes) The bonds between ourselves and another person exists only in our minds. Memory as it grows fainter loosens them, and notwithstanding the illusion by which we want to be duped and which, out of love, friendship, politeness, deference, duty, we dupe other people, we exist alone. Man is the creature who cannot escape from himself, who knows other people only in himself, and when he asserts the contrary, he is lying (Politeness Quotes) The only true source of politeness is consideration, that vigilant moral sense which never loses sight of the rights, the claims, and the sensibilities of others. This is the one quality, over all others, necessary to make a gentleman (Politeness Quotes) Politeness does not always inspire goodness, equity, complaisance, and gratitude; it gives at least the appearance of these qualities, and makes man appear outwardly, as he should be within (Politeness Quotes) Politeness is a kind of anaesthetic which envelops the asperities of our character, so that other people be not wounded by them. We should never be without it, even when we contend with the rude (Politeness Quotes) Nothing is more dissimilar than natural and acquired politeness. The first consists in a willing abnegation of self; the second in a compelled recollection of others (Politeness Quotes) I consider that the spirit of politeness is a certain desire to bring it about, that, by our words and manners, others may be pleased with us and with themselves (Politeness Quotes) Politeness is fictitious benevolence. Depend upon it, the want of it never fails to produce something disagreeable to one or other (Politeness Quotes)

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