156 Quotes About Politeness

Good afternoon,” Pendergast said, bowing and touching his Panama hat with one finger.“Do you really think so?” the man replied.“No,” Pendergast said. “But one must maintain the pleasantry of manners, even in the face of the grotesque.

Vlad stared at Simon. "Meg told the Elders they were...""Bad puppies," Simon finished. "Yeah."A minute passed before Vlad said, "Why?""They didn't say 'please' when they asked for cookies.""I don't know what to say."Simon scratched behind an ear that was now Wolf-shaped and furry. "That's okay. Meg said plenty for all of us.

Allow me to tell you, Mr Taylor", said I, but quietly as the occassion demanded, "that one gentleman does not rejoice at the misfortune of another in public".

A real gentleman is as polite to a little girl as to a woman.

One needs no particular talent to be polite. On the contrary, being nice is what's left when you've failed at everything else.

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

I still can't understand how Cecil and my old tutor, Fitz, got along so well, when we often called Fitz 'the Genius' and avoided calling Cecil anything at all, so as not to be rude.

He also had a kind of helpless politeness, which I took advantage of. He was quite incapable of refusing a direct request, and so, because I asked him to, he invited me to several parties during the month I stayed in Hemgogn.

she saw; he fell back onto his powerful politeness when he was taken by surprise.