#politeness

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 only true source of politeness is consideration. ↗

— William Gilmore Simms

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Politeness is as much concerned in answering letters within a reasonable time, as it is in returning a bow, immediately. ↗

— Philip Stanhope

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That survival instinct, that will to live, that need to get back to life again, is more powerful than any consideration of taste, decency, politeness, manners, civility. Anything. It's such a powerful force. ↗

— Danny Boyle

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Politeness, n. The most acceptable hypocrisy. ↗

— Ambrose Bierce

#devil

Always be nice to people to their face. Then when they turn around, berate the back of their head. ↗

— Benson Bruno

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