#politeness

Politeness is to human nature what warmth is to wax. ↗

— Arthur Schopenhauer

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The only true source of politeness is consideration. ↗

— William Gilmore Simms

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Woah,' I said, blocking the doorway. 'You can't come in here. This is the girls' room.' Even as it came out of my mouth, I knew it sounded dumb. Dumb, I thought and maybe even wrong. You...are a boy, aren't you?' I asked. 'I mean, don't take that the wrong way or anything -' J.Lo is a boy, yes.' I let that go. So...you Boov have boys and girls...just like us?' Of course,' said J.Lo. 'Do not be ridicumlous.' I smiled a wan little smile. 'Sorry.' The Boov have seven magnificent genders. There is boy, girl, girlboy, boygirl, boyboy, boyboygirl, and boyboyboyboy.' I had absolutely no response to this. ↗

— Adam Rex

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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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The law and a thin veil of insincerity, all that prevents me from strangling an etiquette coach. ↗

— Bauvard

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It is a wise thing to be polite; consequently, it is a stupid thing to be rude. To make enemies by unnecessary and willful incivility, is just as insane a proceeding as to set your house on fire. For politeness is like a counter--an avowedly false coin, with which it is foolish to be stingy. ↗

— Arthur Schopenhauer

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Be not intimidated...nor suffer yourselves to be wheedled out of your liberties by any pretense of politeness, delicacy, or decency. These, as they are often used, are but three different names for hypocrisy, chicanery and cowardice. ↗

— John Adams

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Virtue, perhaps, is nothing more than politeness of soul. ↗

— Honore de Balzac

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

— Robert A. Heinlein

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Politeness is the art of choosing among your thoughts. ↗

— Madame de Stael

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