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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.
To joke in the face of danger is the supreme politeness, a delicate refusal to cast oneself as a tragic hero.
When suave politeness, tempering bigot zeal, corrected 'I believe' to 'one does feel'.
You've gotta be very careful that grace and politeness do not merge into a banality of behavior, where we're just nice, sort of 'death by cupcake.'
Politeness is wasted on the dishonest, who will always take advantage of any well-intended concession.
Hope, politeness, the blowing of a nose, the squeak of a boot, all produce "boum.
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.
Be polite; write diplomatically; even in a declaration of war one observes the rules of politeness.
During a long and varied career as a bachelor, dear spouse [mock platform manner], I have noticed that marriage is usually the death of politeness between a man and a woman.
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.
Curious how Love destroys every vestige of that politeness which the human race, in its years of evolution, has so painfully acquired.
Christian piety annihilates the egoism of the heart; worldly politeness veils and represses it.
Since the average person's small supply of politeness must last him all his life, he can't afford to waste it on bridge partners.
Politeness induces morality. Serenity of manners requires serenity of mind.
(Politeness is) a tacit agreement that people's miserable defects, whether moral or intellectual, shall on either side be ignored and not be made the subject of reproach.
My father believed in toughness, honesty, politeness and being on time. All very important lessons.
Bragging about yourself violates norms of modesty and politeness - and if you were really competent, your work would speak for itself.
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.
Art requires neither complaisance nor politeness; nothing but faith, faith and freedom.
Politeness and a sense of honor have this advantage: we bestow them on others without losing a thing.
When politeness is used to show up other people, it is reclassified as rudeness. Thus it is technically impossible to be too polite.
Politeness is the result of good sense and good nature.
Politeness is one of those advantages which we never estimate rightly but by the inconvenience of its loss.
Politeness and consideration for others is like investing pennies and getting dollars back.
Amazing what the British do with language; the nuances of politeness. The world's great diplomats, surely.
Courteousness is consideration for others; politeness is the method used to deliver such considerations.
The soul of politeness is not a question of rules but of tranquility, humility, and simplicity. And in the taking of tea it finds perhaps its most perfect expression.
There are few defects in our nature so glaring as not to be veiled from observation by politeness and good-breeding.
One of the things that hold together a human society is the existence of basic politeness among its members.
The first day in Tokyo was disorientating - all neon, gadgets and extreme politeness - but I was surprised to find that I have a lot in common with the Japanese because they're bonkers about food.
E-mail has some magical ability to turn off the politeness gene in a human being.
Adrian's face was the picture of perfect politeness and restraint, meaning something disastrous was about to happen.
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.
In the media universe we're in, where there are people screaming on one end, there is no problem at all with having a little bit of extra politeness.
In the actual state of social relationships, the forms ("formes", Fr.) of politeness are necessary as a subsitute to benevolence.
True politeness consists in being easy one's self, and in making every one about one as easy as one can.
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.
Nothing is more favorable to the rise of politeness and learning, than a number of neighboring and independent states, connected together by commerce and policy.
In truth, politeness is artificial good humor, it covers the natural want of it, and ends by rendering habitual a substitute nearly equivalent to the real virtue.
Civility, politeness, it's like a cement in a society: binds it together. And when we lose it, then I think we all feel lesser and slightly dirty because of it.
As charity covers a multitude of sins before God, so does politeness before men.
Politeness is good nature regulated by good sense.
His cold politeness, his ceremonious grace, were worse than anything.
Politeness is better than logic. You can often persuade when you cannot convince.
The true effect of genuine politeness seems to be rather ease than pleasure.
The sight of the bare katana inspires everyone to a practically Nipponese level of politeness
Politeness is as much concerned in answering letters within a reasonable time, as it is in returning a bow, immediately.
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 requires this thing; decorum that; ceremony has its forms, and fashion its laws, and these must always follow, never the promptings of our own nature.
It is impossible to practice parliamentary politics without having patience, decency, politeness and courtesy.
Callousness and insolence bring to bare unanimous social condemnation, while the simple efforts of politeness are admired; even in those who are otherwise despised.
The sweetness and generosity and politeness and gentleness and humanity of the French had shown me how lovely life can be if one takes time to be friendly.
True politeness is perfect ease and freedom. It simply consists in treating others just as you love to be treated yourself.
Politeness is fictitious benevolence. Depend upon it, the want of it never fails to produce something disagreeable to one or other.
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.
ACCEPT PRAISE FOR ITS WORTH - POLITENESS. BE BRUTALLY FRANK WITH YOURSELF. IT'S SAFER.
In Japan, I was immensely impressed by the politeness, industrious nature and conscientiousness of the Japanese people.
He was the soul of politeness to everyone -- to some with a hint of aversion, to others with a hint of respect.
What's so useful about the British culture of politeness is the level of passive aggression is really fun to write.
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.