Voltaire
Philosopher, Writer
"True power and true politeness are above vanity."
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Politeness
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Barrett Brown
Author, Activist
"Politeness is wasted on the dishonest, who will always take advantage of any well-intended concession."
Veronica Roth
Author
"Politeness is deception in pretty packaging."
George Bernard Shaw
Playwright, Critic
"There is no accomplishment so easy to acquire as politeness and none more profitable."
Theodore Roosevelt
Politician, Author
"Politeness [is] a sign of dignity, not subservience."
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"Politeness and an affable address are our best introduction."
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"Politeness is one of those advantages which we never estimate rightly but by the inconvenience of its loss."
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"Politeness is good nature regulated by good sense."
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"The boldness of his mind was sheathed in a scabbard of politeness."
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"Politeness is fictitious benevolence."
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"Gentleness is the great point to be obtained in the study of manners."
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"Politeness of the mind is to have delicate thoughts"
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"Art requires neither complaisance nor politeness; nothing but faith, faith and freedom."
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"There is a politeness of the heart; this is closely allied to love."
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"Politeness smooths wrinkles."
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"Politeness is the chief sign of culture."
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"The only option is politeness-remember always that you are dealing with other primates."
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"They [the English] have a special word, "civil," for what is elsewhere merely ordinary politeness."
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"There is nothing costs less than civility."
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"Politeness of mind consists in thinking chaste and refined thoughts."
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"That roguish and cheerful vice, politeness."
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