True politeness is perfect ease and freedom. It simply consists in treating others just as you love to be treated yourself.
Gentleness is the great point to be obtained in the study of manners. – Nathaniel Parker Willis
Politeness is to goodness what words are to thoughts. – Joseph Joubert
Politeness smooths wrinkles. – Joseph Joubert
Politeness is fictitious benevolence. – Samuel Johnson
Fine manners are like personal beauty,-a letter of credit everywhere. – Cyrus Augustus Bartol
A real gentleman is as polite to a little girl as to a woman. – Louisa May Alcott
Modesty is an excellent quality, honey. Don’t lose that. – Will Fetters
There is a politeness of the heart; this is closely allied to love. – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
One needs no particular talent to be polite. On the contrary, being nice is what’s left when you’ve failed at everything else. – Diane Setterfield
The true effect of genuine politeness seems to be rather ease than pleasure. – Samuel Johnson
Keep your farts at bay, if you have looseness of bowel.
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