You know, sometimes, when they say you're ahead of your time, it's just a polite way of saying you have a real bad sense of timing.
Being polite to a person is not a sign of respect for them. It is merely a sign of a good upbringing and a balanced nature.
No language is rude that can boast polite writers.
One of the greatest victories you can gain over someone is to beat him at politeness.
Manners are a sensitive awareness of the feelings of others.
Manners are a sensitive awareness of the feelings of others. If you have that awareness, you have good manners, no matter what fork you use.
Polite conversation is rarely either.
Among well bred people a mutual deference is affected, contempt for others is disguised; authority concealed; attention given to each in his turn; and an easy stream of conversation maintained without vehemence, without interruption, without eagerness for victory, and without any airs of superiority.
If an armed nation were a polite nation, America would be paradise. We have more than 200 million guns in private owernship here. But our manners are not getting better.
Things it is not polite to discuss at the dinner table: politics, religion, and the walking dead.
There's no chivalry in culture any more. Sometimes you meet someone who everyone says is polite and you're like, 'Wow,' but then it's like, 'Hang on, isn't everyone supposed to be polite?'
We must recall the most important of humanity guidelines: Be polite. Being polite is possibly the greatest daily contribution everyone can make to life on Earth.
Being polite is not only the right way to respond to people but also the easiest. Life is so filled with unavoidable conflict that I see no reason to promote more confrontations.
Argument should be polite as well as logical.
When you sit face to face with someone who is pleasant, respectful, and polite, you have hard time reminding yourself that nothing he says is true/sincere.
When we are polite to children, we show in the most simple and direct way possible that we value them as people and care about their feelings.
It's impossible to expect polite behavior from people who've never witnessed it.
I really have to thank Facebook ... I didn't know what Facebook was, and now that I do know what it is, I have to say, it sounds like a huge waste of time. I would never say the people on it are losers, but that's only because I'm polite. People say 'But Betty, Facebook is a great way to connect with old friends.' Well at my age, if I wanna connect with old friends, I need a Ouija Board. Needless to say, we didn't have Facebook when I was growing up. We had phonebook, but you wouldn't waste an afternoon with it.
Balanced is probably what I am, although that's just a polite way to say that you don't do anything very well.
Polite strangers often tell soothing lies about our physical appearance that prevent many of us from facing, discussing and solving our real problems.
I love to see a dedicated, loyal and a polite fans!
Do what comes into your life and do it well... Be polite without groveling. If you are ever afraid of anything, do not deny it, but behave as if you feared nothing.
To swear is neither brave, polite, nor wise.
The good four. Honest with ourselves and with whatever is friend to us; courageous toward the enemy; generous toward the vanquished; polite-always that is how the four cardinal virtues want us.
When a man is trying to sell you something, don't imagine he is that polite all the time.
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