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25 quotesThe art of conversation consist as much in listening politely, as in talking agreeably.
Communication
Atwell
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No language is rude that can boast polite writers.
Language
Aubrey Beardsley
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Admiration; is our polite recognition of another's resemblance to ourselves.
Praise
Ambrose Bierce
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Politeness -- The most acceptable hypocrisy.
Politeness
Ambrose Bierce
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The chief prerequisite for a escort is to have a flexible conscience and an inflexible politeness.
Conscience
Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington
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The English are polite by telling lies. The Americans are polite by telling the truth.
Manners
Malcolm Bradbury
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It is not a bad thing that children should occasionally, and politely, put parents in their place.
Children
Sidonie Gabrielle Colette
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It is wise to apply the oil of refined politeness to the mechanism of friendship.
Courtesy
Sidonie Gabrielle Colette
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Knowledge is a polite word for dead but not buried imagination.
Knowledge
E.E. (Edward. E.) Cummings
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In polite society one laughs at all the jokes, including the ones one has heard before.
Jokes and Jokers
Frank Dane
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Ceremonies are different in every country, but true politeness is everywhere the same.
Manners
Oliver Goldsmith
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I believe in grumbling; it is the politest form of fighting known.
Complaints and Complaining
Edgar Watson Howe
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Politeness is the flower of humanity.
Manners
Joseph Joubert
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When suave politeness, tempering bigot zeal, corrected I believe to One does feel.
Creeds
Ronald Knox
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Politeness makes one appear outwardly as they should be within.
Manners
Jean De La Bruyere
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Politeness is the slow poison of collaboration.
Courtesy
Edwin H. Land
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It is more comfortable for me, in the long run, to be rude than polite.
Manners
Wyndham Lewis
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Punctuality is the politeness of kings.
Punctuality
Louis XVIII
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Nothing is more noble than politeness, and nothing more ridiculous than ceremony.
Manners
Proverb
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Politeness is to human nature what warmth is to wax.
Politeness
Arthur Schopenhauer
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He is the very pineapple of politeness!
Manners
Richard Brinsley Sheridan
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The only true source of politeness is consideration.
Manners
William Gilmore Simms
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Politeness is the art of choosing among one's real thoughts.
Courtesy
Abel Stevens
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Anyone can be polite to a king. It takes a gentleman to be polite to a beggar.
Manners
Source Unknown
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Politeness is benevolence in small things.
Manners
Source Unknown
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