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Politeness quotes

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“Do you wish me a good morning, or mean that it is a good morning whether I want not; or that you feel good this morning; or that it is morning to be good on?” J. R. R. Tolkien, The Hobbit

“If you intend to write as truthfully as you can, your days as a member of polite society are numbered” Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

“I am the very pink of courtesy.” William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet

“His cold politeness, his ceremonious grace, were worse than anything.” Jane Austen, Persuasion

“a real gentleman is as polite to a little girl as to a woman” Louisa May Alcott, An Old-Fashioned Girl

“We have had to agree on a certain set of rules, called etiquette and politeness, to make this frequent meeting tolerable and that we need not come to open war.” Henry David Thoreau, Walden

“Call a jack a jack. Call a spade a spade. But always call a whore a lady. Their lives are hard enough, and it never hurts to be polite.” Patrick Rothfuss, The Name of the Wind

“politeness is deception in pretty packaging.” Veronica Roth, Divergent

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William Shakespeare (1)
J. R. R. Tolkien (1)
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Jane Austen (1)
Henry David Thoreau (1)
Louisa May Alcott (1)
Patrick Rothfuss (1)
Veronica Roth (1)

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The Hobbit (1)
On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft (1)
Romeo and Juliet (1)
Walden (1)
An Old-Fashioned Girl (1)
The Name of the Wind (1)
Persuasion (1)
Divergent (1)