21 Metaphors for politenesses

"Politeness is a kind of forgetting one's self in order to be agreeable to others.

There is one striking particular in which the Chinese politeness is quite the reverse of ours.

A few individuals have treated me politely, and I do feel thankful and gratified for it; but a little politeness from an individual of one nation to an individual of another is certainly not a reason that the former's Government should be esteemed incapable of wrong by the latter.

Politeness is an armed guard, stern and splendid and vigilant, watching over all the ways of men; in other words, politeness is a policeman.

Politeness and compliments, and particularly our courteous attitude towards ladies, are the result of training; and so is our esteem for birth, position, and title.

Politeness, however, as Mr. Garbett admits, is chiefly a negative art, and consists in abstaining and not meddling.

Believe that politeness is the ruling characteristic of the country because a man kisses your hand when he takes leave of you.

Politeness isn't a cowboy's long suit.

Politeness is an armed guard, stern and splendid and vigilant, watching over all the ways of men; in other words, politeness is a policeman.

Our politeness loses all manliness because we forget that politeness is only the Greek for patriotism.

I have explained one of these considerations in my Ethics; the other is as follows:Politeness is a tacit agreement that people's miserable defects, whether moral or intellectual, shall on either side be ignored and not made the subject of reproach; and since these defects are thus rendered somewhat less obtrusive, the result is mutually advantageous.

'Politeness is fictitious benevolence,' v. 82. POOR.

You should never lose sight of the fact that ordinary politeness is only a grinning mask: if it shifts its place a little, or is removed for a moment, there is no use raising a hue and cry.

'Politeness is fictitious benevolence,' v. 82. POOR.

He seems to think politeness is the Christian quality that covers the multitude of sins.

Politeness is a poor virtue, if it is actuated only by a fear of offending good taste, whereas it should be the outward manifestation of a sympathetic regard for the feelings of others.

He had a theory that an exaggerated politeness is an insult to a woman's intellect.

the Japanese are said to give an answer diametrically opposite to what the American will say,but I forbear any comment until I come to speak of VERACITY OR TRUTHFULNESS, without which Politeness is a farce and a show.

Politeness will be a great acquisition, if it does no more than impart grace to manners; but its function does not stop here.

Politeness is not really a frippery.

" "Politeness is evidently not your strong point," I commented.

21 Metaphors for  politenesses