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Letter "P" » Politeness
«Politeness is the art of choosing among one's real thoughts.»
«Politeness is the art of choosing among your thoughts»
«Politeness is half good manners and half good lying.»
«One of the greatest victories you can gain over someone is to beat him at politeness.»
Author: Josh Billings
(Humorist)
| About:
Politeness,
Victory
| Keywords:
beat, politeness, victories
«Politeness is organized indifference»
Author: Paul Valery
(Critic, Essayist, Poet)
| About:
Politeness
| Keywords:
indifference, organized, politeness
«An armed society is a polite society. Manners are good when one may have to back up his acts with his life.»
Author: Robert A. Heinlein
(Writer)
| About:
Manners,
Politeness
| Keywords:
armed, back up, manners, polite, politer, politest
«For me, politeness is a sine qua non of civilization.»
Author: Robert A. Heinlein
(Writer)
| About:
Civilization,
Politeness
| Keywords:
politeness, qua, sine, sine qua non
«Play fair. Don't hit people. Say you're sorry when you hurt somebody.»
Author: Robert Fulghum
| About:
Play,
Politeness,
Relationships
| Keywords:
fair, Fair Play, hit, sorry
«If you have no money, be polite.»
«Politeness is one of those advantages which we never estimate rightly but by the inconvenience of its loss»
Author: Samuel Johnson
(Critic, Poet, Writer)
| About:
Politeness
| Keywords:
advantages, estimate, inconvenience, politeness, rightly
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