Politeness is deception in pretty packaging.
Politeness is deception in pretty packaging.
Politeness is just deception in a pretty packaging.
Call a jack a jack. Call a spade a spade. But always call a whore a lady. Their lives are hard enough, and it never hurts to be polite.
The sight of the bare katana inspires everyone to a practically Nipponese level of politeness
The bonds between ourselves and another person exists only in our minds. Memory as it grows fainter loosens them, and notwithstanding the illusion by which we want to be duped and which, out of love, friendship, politeness, deference, duty, we dupe other people, we exist alone. Man is the creature who cannot escape from himself, who knows other people only in himself, and when he asserts the contrary, he is lying.
It isn't very nice to admit, but domestic violence has its uses. So raw and unleashed, it tears away the veil of civilization that comes between us as much as it makes life possible. A poor substitute for the sort of passion we like to extol perhaps, but real love shares more in common with hatred and rage than it does with geniality or politeness.
Fresh peach pie can lift a bullying reprobate into apologetic courtesy; I have watched it happen.
I think dating courtesies are common courtesies that should be practiced in most all civilized encounters. I pine for the days of good, old-fashioned manners.
It was always so hot, and everyone was so polite, and everything was all surface but underneath it was like a bomb waiting to go off. I always felt that way about the South, that beneath the smiles and southern hospitality and politeness were a lot of guns and liquor and secrets.
Reluctantly, and with much hesitation, did she then begin what might perhaps, at the end of half an hour, be termed, by the courtesy of her hearers, an explanation;
His cold politeness, his ceremonious grace, were worse than anything.
Atticus had said it was the polite thing to talk to people about what they were interested in, not about what you were interested in.
One needs no particular talent to be polite. On the contrary, being nice is what's left when you've failed at everything else.
Politeness. Now there's a poor man's virtue if ever there was one. What's so admirable about inoffensiveness, I should like to know. After all, it's easily achieved. One needs no particular talent to be polite. On the contrary, being nice is what's left when you've failed at everything else. People with ambition don't give a damn what other people think about them.
Amazing what the British do with language; the nuances of politeness. The world's great diplomats, surely.
Courtesy should be a continuous action, not something to be turned on and off like a faucet.
In building a firm foundation for Success, here are a few stones to remember 1. The wisdom of preparation. 2. The value of confidence. 3. The worth of honesty. 4. The privilege of working. 5. The discipline of struggle. 6. The magnetism of character. 7. The radiance of health. 8. The forcefulness of simplicity. 9. The winsomeness of courtesy. 10. The attractiveness of modesty. 11. The inspiration of cleanliness. 12. The satisfaction of serving. 13. The power of suggestion. 14. The buoyancy of enthusiasm. 15. The advantage of initiative. 16. The virtue of patience. 17. The rewards of co-operation. 18. The fruitfulness of perseverance. 19. The sportsmanship of losing. 20. The joy of winning.
The only true source of politeness is consideration.
We sent Mr. Peterson a letter stating that the city had approached Ms. Kramer with an offer to buy the property and she accepted, ... On August 17, he told me he wanted to have an auction. As a courtesy, I gave him until Sept, 16 to go on the property to get anything of value.
High erected thoughts seated in the heart of courtesy.
The grace of God is courtesy.
In the tropics the white feels weakened, or downright weak, whence comes the heightened tendency to outbursts of aggression. People who are polite, modest or even humble in Europe fall easily into a rage here, get into fights, destroy other people. . .
Of course, it's a matter of courtesy. Like many of my colleagues, I'm interested in what he has to say, and we won't know that until he's asked and answers the questions.
It is impossible to practice parliamentary politics without having patience, decency, politeness and courtesy.
Politeness is to human nature what warmth is to wax.
Polite conversation is rarely either.
The entire program of federal aid to the farmer is not a food-production project. Its a social program to keep the 'family farmer' on the farm. And today, courtesy of Uncle Sam, hes often a pretty rich one. Just the tractors of some of these people can cost up to a half million dollars.
Knowledge is a polite word for dead but not buried imagination.
I really appreciate the courtesy of allowing me to speak what I'm saying to you right now. That is part of what this country's about.
I have always felt that if a man gives you a solid gold key to his door he is entitled to the courtesy of a visit.
On most given nights, with a flick of a remote-control device, the living rooms of average American families can be treated to a melange of foul-mouthed brats uttering language for which any stranger entering those same living rooms and uttering that same language would probably be immediately thrown out bodily, and the use of which in any polite company would earn its user a reputation as a boor and a lout.
That roguish and cheerful vice, politeness.
It was a courtesy visit. He is a very pleasant and intelligent man.
I don't set up for being a cosmopolite, which to any mind signifies being polite to every country except your own
That was a great courtesy. In the five-year cruise of the Decatur, this is the only time it happened with a native leader. Definitely a 'wow,'
They have an emotional connection. It's not just out of curiosity or politeness. People feel passionate.
Genteel women suppose that those things do not really exist about which it is impossible to talk in polite company.
Sometimes if you have very confident people, you have to tell them please, be polite, there are other players are good enough as you and you should never speak out of an orchestra.
Politeness is the art of choosing among ones real thoughts.
utmost courtesy and confidentiality.
Vanity is the polite mask of pride.
Thou better know'st
The offices of nature, bond of childhood,
Effects of courtesy, dues of gratitude.
Princes of courtesy, merciful, proud and strong.
In Japan, I was immensely impressed by the politeness, industrious nature and conscientiousness of the Japanese people.
I've decided to be a dull, morose bore at these press meetings. It's the only safe course. You give me no choice. I tell a joke and you convert it into an international incident. I coin a whimsical term and you make it appear I am at odds with the President. I indulge in some polite banter and you interpret it as a split in the Party.
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.
The elephant hath joints, but none for courtesy; his legs
are legs for necessity, not for flexure.
One of the greatest victories you can gain over someone is to beat him at politeness.
Sometimes when you start losing detail, whether it's in music or in life, something as small as failing to be polite, you start to lose substance.
To be humble to Superiors is Duty, to Equals Courtesy, to Inferiors Nobleness.
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