Monday, 15 July 2013

Politeness - Quotes

Either one learns politeness at home ... or the world teaches it to you with a whip and you may get hurt in the process. - F. Scott Fitzgerald

Politeness and consideration for others is like investing pennies and getting dollars back. - Thomas Sowell

Politeness is good nature regulated by good sense. - Sydney Smith

Politeness is half good manners and half good lying. - Mary Wilson Little

Politeness is ... forgetting ourselves in order to seek what may be agreeable to others. - Wellins Calcott

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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