#politeness

I place a high moral value on the way people behave. I find it repellent to have a lot, and to behave with anything other than courtesy in the old sense of the word - politeness of the heart, a gentleness of the spirit. ↗

— Fran Lebowitz

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Politeness is half good manners and half good lying. ↗

— Mary Wilson Little

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Politeness is only one half good manners and the other half good lying. ↗

— Mary Wilson Little

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Courteousness is consideration for others; politeness is the method used to deliver such considerations. ↗

— Bryant H. McGill

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True politeness consists in being easy one's self, and in making every one about one as easy as one can. ↗

— Alexander Pope

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The ability to compromise is not a diplomatic politeness toward a partner but rather taking into account and respecting your partner's legitimate interests. ↗

— Vladimir Putin

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Politeness makes one appear outwardly as they should be within. ↗

— Jean de la Bruyere

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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. ↗

— Thomas Jefferson

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Kindness and politeness are not overrated at all. They're underused. ↗

— Tommy Lee Jones

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I want minimum information given with maximum politeness. ↗

— Jackie Kennedy

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