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

- Honore de Balzac

The chief prerequisite for a escort is to have a flexible conscience and an inflexible politeness.

- Marguerite Gardiner

Politeness is the art of choosing among your thoughts.

- Madame de Stael

Punctuality is the politeness of kings.

- Louis XVIII of France

Politeness decrees that you must listen to be kind; intelligence decrees that you must listen to learn.

- Letitia Baldrige

Politeness is the flower of humanity.

- Joseph Joubert

One of the greatest victories you can gain over someone is to beat him at politeness.

- Josh Billings

Politeness makes one appear outwardly as they should be within.

- Jean de la Bruyere

I want minimum information given with maximum politeness.

- Jackie Kennedy

In Japan, I was immensely impressed by the politeness, industrious nature and conscientiousness of the Japanese people.

- J. Paul Getty

True politeness consists in being easy one's self, and in making every one about one as easy as one can.

- Alexander Pope

Spare me this sanctimony about politeness, please. There are millions of people in this country who hate the very word 'Thatcher' and 'Thatcherism,' which continues until this day.

- George Galloway

I don't think you should have to try to be nice, I think most people are nice. I think being cheerful and nice is just a politeness.

- Graham Norton

Politeness is a desire to be treated politely, and to be esteemed polite oneself.

- Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Politeness is the poison of collaboration.

- Edwin Land

I do not want to be a robot, a cog in society who answers 'yes' because 'yes' is considered the appropriate answer. Neither do I want to be a protestor. I just want to seek out what lies underneath the veils of politeness and programming that I've been given as a person in this society.

- Damien Rice

Courteousness is consideration for others; politeness is the method used to deliver such considerations.

- Bryant H. McGill

Callousness and insolence bring to bare unanimous social condemnation, while the simple efforts of politeness are admired; even in those who are otherwise despised.

- Bryant H. McGill

Politeness is to human nature what warmth is to wax.

- Arthur Schopenhauer

Politeness, n: The most acceptable hypocrisy.

- Ambrose Bierce