#polite

Piety is a discipline of the will through respect. It admits the right to exist of things larger than the ego, of things different from the ego. ↗

— Richard M. Weaver

#piety #politeness #rectitude #respect

Be not intimidated...nor suffer yourselves to be wheedled out of your liberties by any pretense of politeness, delicacy, or decency. These, as they are often used, are but three different names for hypocrisy, chicanery and cowardice. ↗

— John Adams

#cowardice #decency #hypocrisy #politeness #cowardice

Democracy was supposed to champion freedom of speech, and yet the simple rules of table decorum could clamp down on the rights their forefathers had fought and died for. ↗

— E.A. Bucchianeri

#democracy #ettiquette #freedom #freedom-of-speech #funny

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

— Winston Churchill

#kill #man #nothing #polite #you

When suave politeness, tempering bigot zeal, corrected 'I believe' to 'one does feel'. ↗

— Ronald Knox

#bigot #corrected #does #feel #i

Our society finds truth too strong a medicine to digest undiluted. In its purest form, truth is not a polite tap on the shoulder. It is a howling reproach. ↗

— Ted Koppel

#finds #form #howling #medicine #our

It is something that most parents hope for in life: That their children will be moderately successful, polite, decent human beings. Anything on top of that is something you have no right to hope for, but we all do. ↗

— Jerry Kramer

#beings #children #decent #hope #human

But Johannes had said, "Politeness is something you owe other people, because when you show a little courtesy, everything becomes easier and better. But first and foremost, it's something you owe yourself. You are David. ↗

— Anne Holm

#i-am-david #life #politeness #smart #wisdom

It is always well to accept your own shortcomings with candor but to regard those of your friends with polite incredulity. ↗

— Russell Lynes

#always #candor #friends #incredulity #own

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

— Roger Moore

#believed #father #honesty #important #lessons