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Robert A. Heinlein Quote: 'For me, politeness is a sine ...'

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Politeness, n: The most acceptable hypocrisy.


Ambrose Bierce
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Ceremonies are different in every country, but true politeness is everywhere the same.


Oliver Goldsmith
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Politeness is a desire to be treated politely, and to be esteemed polite oneself.


Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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It is wise to apply the oil of refined politeness to the mechanism of friendship.


Sidonie Gabrielle Colette
True politeness consists in being easy one's self, and in making every one about one as easy as one can.
Alexander Pope
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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
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The next war... may well bury Western civilization forever.


Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
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Architecture belongs to culture, not to civilization.


Alvar Aalto
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Civilization and profit go hand in hand.


Calvin Coolidge
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What do I think of Western civilization? I think it would be a very good idea.


Mahatma Gandhi
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As the publisher of the 'Tory,' I strive to defend the pillars of Western civilization against the distractions of diversity.
Pete Hegseth
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George Bush doesn't represent any civilization!


George Galloway
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Civilization in its present form hasn't got long.


James Lovelock
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The test of civilization is its estimate of women.


George William Curtis
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A pioneer destroys things and calls it civilization.


Charles Marion Russell
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A civilization is destroyed only when its gods are destroyed.


Emile M. Cioran
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Barbarians always think of themselves as the bringers of civilization.


Pierre Schaeffer
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Civilization is the order and freedom is promoting cultural activity.


Will Durant
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There is precious little in civilization to appeal to a Yeti.


Edmund Hillary
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Civilization consists in the multiplication and refinement of human wants.


Robert Andrews Millikan