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

Politeness, n: The most acceptable hypocrisy.

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

Be polite; write diplomatically; even in a declaration of war one observes the rules of politeness.

Politeness makes one appear outwardly as they should be within.

It is wise to apply the oil of refined politeness to the mechanism of friendship.

Art requires neither complaisance nor politeness; nothing but faith, faith and freedom.

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

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

Ceremonies are different in every country, but true politeness is everywhere the same.

For me, politeness is a sine qua non of civilization.

In truth, politeness is artificial good humor, it covers the natural want of it, and ends by rendering habitual a substitute nearly equivalent to the real virtue.

Politeness is the flower of humanity.

I want minimum information given with maximum politeness.

When suave politeness, tempering bigot zeal, corrected 'I believe' to 'one does feel'.

Politeness is the poison of collaboration.

I place a high moral value on the way people behave. I find it repellent to have a lot, and to behave with anything other than courtesy in the old sense of the word - politeness of the heart, a gentleness of the spirit.

Politeness is only one half good manners and the other half good lying.

Politeness is half good manners and half good lying.

Punctuality is the politeness of kings.