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  • Politeness is to human nature what warmth is to wax.

    Arthur Schopenhauer (2007). “Parerga and Paralipomena: A Collection of Philosophical Essays”, Cosimo, Inc.
  • Be polite; write diplomatically; even in a declaration of war one observes the rules of politeness.

    Military   War   Writing  
  • Manners are a sensitive awareness of the feelings of others. If you have that awareness, you have good manners, no matter what fork you use.

    Reader's Digest, Volume 68, 1956.
  • Women have got to stop being polite. If I ever had children, which I don't, the first thing I'd teach a girl of mine is the words 'f - off.'

    Girl   Children   Firsts  
    Source: www.hollywoodreporter.com
  • After a while, being so honest and so vulnerable on the page ends up affecting my own kind of self possession in the world, because I am not afraid of myself and my own thoughts. I think so much of being a woman, of being a social being, of being polite, is quieting those thoughts. There's so much we try not to say as we go through the day. There's a lot of tempering and self-editing. It is a relief to make writing that space where I don't need to do that.

  • When you have to kill a man, it costs nothing to be polite.

    Sad   Witty   Powerful  
    Winston Churchill (1959). “Memoirs of the Second World War: An Abridgement of the Six Volumes of the Second World War”
  • I wish my nose was smaller and that I was a little taller. I also had this perennial pimple problem, so I felt people were just being polite when they said I was beautiful.

    Beautiful   People   Wish  
  • Good manners are made up of petty sacrifices.

    Ralph Waldo Emerson (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson (Illustrated)”, p.2581, Delphi Classics
  • Politeness is the art of choosing among your thoughts.

    Art   Courtesy   Manners  
  • The toughest thing about being a celebrity, I suppose, is being polite when I don't want to be.

  • Being polite is not only the right way to respond to people but also the easiest. Life is so filled with unavoidable conflict that I see no reason to promote more confrontations.

    People   Way   Life Is  
    Dean Koontz (2016). “The Complete Odd Thomas 8-Book Bundle: Odd Thomas, Forever Odd, Brother Odd, Odd Hours, Odd Apocalypse, Odd Interlude, Deeply Odd, Saint Odd”, p.251, Bantam
  • I do have traditional values: I believe in being a good person and being polite.

    Source: www.vanityfair.com
  • A lot of our lives are about being polite.

    Source: twilight.tribute.ca
  • We hold back our true feelings and beliefs, whether it's from a sense of being polite or fear of hurting someone's feelings. But what I have seen on 'The Oprah Winfrey Show' is that no one benefits from holding back and keeping things bottled up inside. So I pride myself on speaking my mind and not being afraid to give honest feedback.

  • It’s time for women to stop being politely angry.

    "Women in the World Summit 2012" by Marcia G. Yerman, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 16, 2012.
  • Politeness, n: The most acceptable hypocrisy.

    Ambrose Bierce (2001). “The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary”, p.184, University of Georgia Press
  • You lose nothing by being polite. The answer is 'No', but please say it politely and give the reasons. ... Explain to me why 'No'. Don't change 'No' to 'Yes'. Don't be a fool. If there was a good reason why it is 'No', it must remain 'No', but the man must be told politely.

    Men   Giving   Answers  
  • But I don't want to be fine, not if it means she's going to let go of my hand; not if it means we're going to go back to being polite strangers.

    Letting Go   Mean   Hands  
  • The hardest job kids face today is learning good manners without seeing any.

    "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
  • Political correctness is what right-wing bigots call what everybody else calls being polite

    Iain Banks (2008). “Dead Air”, p.118, Hachette UK
  • Good manners sometimes means simply putting up with other people's bad manners.

  • I don’t bite Marcus. You can come sit on the comfy old couch with me. That chair is incredibly uncomfortable.” Just the opening I needed. I jumped up and sat down on the end of the couch and stretched my legs out in front of me. “You don’t have to tell me twice. I was just being polite.” Will ow chuckled and brought a blanket over to the sofa with her.

    Abbi Glines (2012). “Because of Low”, p.20, Simon and Schuster
  • And why is our music called world music? I think people are being polite. What they want to say is that it's third world music. Like they use to call us under developed countries, now it has changed to developing countries, it's much more polite.

  • Being polite to a person is not a sign of respect for them. It is merely a sign of a good upbringing and a balanced nature.

    Robert Jordan, Brandon Sanderson (2013). “A Memory of Light”, p.50, Macmillan
  • A man must have very eminent qualities to hold his own without being polite.

    Men   Quality   Rudeness  
  • You don't feel honest on a date, I guess. You don't really get to learn about anyone. You're kind of being polite and you can ask the questions, it's just not a great time for me.

    Honest   Kind   Polite  
    Source: movieweb.com
  • Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a battle you know nothing about.

    "The Candymakers (The Candymakers, Book 1)". Book by Wendy Mass, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 5, 2010.
  • The important thing was that we were being polite and not saying all the things that were making us unhappy, which was the only way we knew how to love each other.

    Important   Unhappy   Way  
    Ruth Ozeki (2013). “A Tale for the Time Being”, p.45, Canongate Books
  • We must recall the most important of humanity guidelines: Be polite. Being polite is possibly the greatest daily contribution everyone can make to life on Earth.

  • Normally when people say they haven't decided, they're being polite but they're definitely not voting for you. I think it's different this time. People are thinking hard about the issues.

    "EU referendum campaign recap: David Cameron faces down angry audience member at Brexit debate" by Mikey Smith, www.mirror.co.uk. June 10, 2016.
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