Politeness, n: The most acceptable hypocrisy.
Ambrose Bierce
The chief prerequisite for a escort is to have a flexible conscience and an inflexible politeness.
Marguerite Gardiner
In Japan, I was immensely impressed by the politeness, industrious nature and conscientiousness of the Japanese people.
J. Paul Getty
For me, politeness is a sine qua non of civilization.
Robert A. Heinlein
Kindness and politeness are not overrated at all. They're underused.
Tommy Lee Jones
Politeness is the flower of humanity.
Joseph Joubert
I want minimum information given with maximum politeness.
Jackie Kennedy
When suave politeness, tempering bigot zeal, corrected 'I believe' to 'one does feel'.
Ronald Knox
Politeness is the poison of collaboration.
Edwin Land
Punctuality is the politeness of kings.
Louis XVIII