Politeness is the practical application of good manners or etiquette. It is a culturally defined phenomenon, and therefore what is considered polite in one culture can sometimes be quite rude or simply eccentric in another cultural context.

1. Politeness is half good manners and half good lying.
Mary Wilson Little

2. The real test of good manners is to be able to put up with bad manners pleasantly.
Kahlil Gibran

3. There is a time for politeness and there is a time when you are obliged to be rude, as rude as you have to be to stop such pollution of young minds in its tracks with a quick, unignorable shock.
Daniel Dennett

4. To disagree, one doesn't have to be disagreeable.
Barry Goldwater

5. Treat everyone with politeness, even those who are rude to you – not because they are nice, but because you are nice.
Anonymous

6. Treat everyone with politeness, even those who are rude to you, not because they are nice, but because you are
Anonymous

7. Being polite and grateful will make people more inclined to help you. And if people are willing to help you, you may accidentally get something you want.
Jason Sudeikis

8. Politeness Civilized Showing Regard For Others A Courteous Manner
Anonymous

9. Politeness is the art of choosing among one's real thoughts.
Abel Stevens

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

11. 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.
Thomas Jefferson

12. Politeness cost nothing and gain everything
Anonymous

13. Admiration N Our Polite Recognition Of Another Resemblance To Ourselves.
Ambrose Bierce

14. Without music life would be a mistake.
Friedrich Nietzsche

15. I don't suffer from an abundance of politeness.
Randy Pausch

16. Kindness is the only service that will stand the storm of life and not wash out. It will wear well and will be remembered long after the prism of politeness or the complexion of courtesy has faded away.
Abraham Lincoln

17. As in smooth oil the razor best is whet, So wit is by politeness sharpest set; Their want of edge from their offence is seen, Both pain us least when exquisitely keen.
Edward Young

18. It is wise to apply the oil of refined politeness to the mechanism of friendship.
Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

19. Great men show politeness in a particular way; a smile suffices to assure you that you are welcome, and keep about their avocations as if you were a member of the family.
John James Audubon

20. The only true source of politeness is consideration,–that vigilant moral sense which never loses sight of the rights, the claims, and the sensibilities of others. This is the one quality, over all others, necessary to make a gentleman.
William Gilmore Simms

21. I want minimum information given with maximum politeness.
Jackie Kennedy

22. Being well dressed is a beautiful form of politeness
Anonymous

23. There is no polite way to suggest to someone that they have devoted their life to a folly.
Daniel Dennett

24. If a thing is old, it is a sign that it was fit to live. Old families, old customs, old styles survive because they are fit to survive. The guarantee of continuity is quality. Submerge the good in a flood of the new, and good will come back to join the good which the new brings with it. Old-fashioned hospitality, old-fashioned politeness, old-fashioned honor in business had qualities of survival. These will come back.
Eddie Rickenbacker

25. A real gentleman is as polite to a little girl as to a woman.
Louisa May Alcott

26. Politeness is the chief sign of culture.
Baltasar Gracian

27. Hold The Door Say Hello Smile Use Please And Thank You Offer To Help Be Polite Pay A Compliment
Anonymous

28. 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.
Thomas Jefferson

29. The last introvert in a world of extroverts. Silence: my response to both emptiness and saturation. But silence frightens people. I had to learn how to talk. Out of politeness.
Ariel Gore

30. Politeness Is Organized Indifference.
Paul Valery

31. There are some things that money just can't buy, like manners, morals and intelligence
Anonymous

32. In truth, they were not given to quarrelling. Many couples who love each other more, quarrel more, and with less politeness.
George MacDonald

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33. Politeness is fictitious benevolence.
Samuel Johnson

34. It doesn't cost one cent to be Polite
Anonymous

35. Politeness has been well defined as benevolence in small things.
Thomas B. Macaula

36. The boldness of his mind was sheathed in a scabbard of politeness.
Dumas Malone

37. Some people tend to forget that kindness and manners are free
Anonymous

38. There is no accomplishment so easy to acquire as politeness, and none more profitable.
George Bernard Shaw

39. Punctuality is the politeness of kings.
Louis XVIII

40. A polite enemy is just as difficult to discredit, as a rude friend is to protect.
Bryant McGill

41. Polite conversation is rarely either.
Fran Lebowitz

42. Don't you bully me with your politeness!.
Yann Martel

43. Dont mistake my quietness an politeness for weakness we all have a bad side
Anonymous

44. Patience And Politeness Are Not The Weakness Of A Person Those Are The Reflection Of The Inner Strength Of That Person
Anonymous

45. Courteousness is consideration for others; politeness is the method used to deliver such considerations.
Bryant H. McGill

46. Politeness is as much concerned in answering letters within a reasonable time, as it is in returning a bow, immediately.
Lord Chesterfield

47. Politeness is the poison of collaboration.
Edwin Land

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

49. Patience & Politeness Is Not A Person's Weakness, It Is Reflection Of Person's Inner Strength
Anonymous

50. A man's beauty is in his tongue.
Prophet Mohammed

51. Manners costs nothing
Anonymous

52. Funny how a little politeness can change people's minds.
Sherman Alexie

53. It Is Wise To Apply The Oil Of Refined Politeness To The Mechanism Of Friendship.
Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

54. Being fake and being polite with people are two different things
Anonymous

55. Politeness is a sign of dignity, not subservience.
Theodore Roosevelt

56. Politeness costs little and yields much
Anonymous

57. The only true source of politeness is consideration.
William Gilmore Simms

58. Politeness is a desire to be treated politely, and to be esteemed polite oneself.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld

59. Kindness and politeness are not overrated at all. They're underused.
Tommy Lee Jones

60. Politeness is an inexpensive way to make friends.
William Feather

61. Politeness is the result of good sense and good nature
Anonymous

62. Politeness is the art of choosing among your thoughts.
Madame de Stael

63. Politeness Has Become So Rare That Some People Mistake It For Flirtation
Anonymous

64. Politeness, n The most acceptable hypocrisy.
Ambrose Bierce