Monday, June 16, 2014

On Politeness



“For me, politeness is a sine qua non of civilization.”
Robert A. Heinlein

“Rudeness is the weak man’s imitation of strength.”
Eric Hoffer

“Politeness [is] a sign of dignity, not subservience.”
Theodore Roosevelt

“Deep in my heart politeness impresses me more than competence.”
Amit Kalantri

“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.”
Fran Lebowitz

“To be humble to superiors is duty, to equals courtesy, to inferiors nobleness.”
Benjamin Franklin 

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