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My father believed in toughness, honesty, politeness and being on time. All very important lessons. ↗

— Roger Moore

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Discretion is the polite word for hypocrisy. ↗

— Christine Keeler

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It is not a bad thing that children should occasionally, and politely, put parents in their place. ↗

— Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

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Knowledge is a polite word for dead but not buried imagination. ↗

— e. e. cummings

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Nobody ever invented a polite word for a killing yet. ↗

— Thelma Ritter

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We will hang you, never fear, Most politely, most politely. ↗

— William Gilbert

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Be polite to all, but intimate with few. ↗

— Thomas Jefferson

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I don't write polite letters. I don't like to plea-bargain. I like to fight. ↗

— Roy Cohn

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It is impossible to practice parliamentary politics without having patience, decency, politeness and courtesy. ↗

— Khaleda Zia

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I find it next to impossible to remain politely silent when people prate to me about the glory of being given another chance to live happily ever after! ↗

— Mercedes McCambridge

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