#politeness

For me, politeness is a sine qua non of civilization. ↗

— Robert A. Heinlein

#me #non #politeness #sine

Politeness is the flower of humanity. ↗

— Joseph Joubert

#humanity #politeness

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

— Ronald Knox

#bigot #corrected #does #feel #i

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

— Khaleda Zia

#decency #having #impossible #parliamentary #patience

Can he love her? Can the soul really be satisfied with such polite affections? To love is to burn - to be on fire, like Juliet or Guinevere or Eloise... ↗

— Emma Thompson

#fire #love #politeness #love

Punctuality is the politeness of kings. ↗

— Louis XVIII

#politeness #punctuality

Lively, intelligent, and quite immature, [Emily] usually burst out with exactly the comment that summed up the situation beautifully and therefore could never in politeness be said. ↗

— Clare B. Dunkle

#insightfulness #intelligence #politeness #beauty

The chief prerequisite for a escort is to have a flexible conscience and an inflexible politeness. ↗

— Marguerite Gardiner

#conscience #escort #flexible #inflexible #politeness

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

— Jean de la Bruyere

#makes #outwardly #politeness #should #within

I want minimum information given with maximum politeness. ↗

— Jackie Kennedy

#i #information #maximum #minimum #politeness