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Francois de La Rochefoucauld Quote: 'Politeness is a desire to be ...'

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I think, regardless of gender, women and men need to be brave, take chances with their work, and be open to feedback. But I do think 'politeness' is an issue that can hinder your work if you aren't careful. Kindness is important, but being overly polite - thinking you can't disagree with someone about your own work - be careful about that.
Ellie Kemper
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Politeness, n: The most acceptable hypocrisy.


Ambrose Bierce
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For me, politeness is a sine qua non of civilization.


Robert A. Heinlein
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Ceremonies are different in every country, but true politeness is everywhere the same.


Oliver Goldsmith
Courage is rightly esteemed the first of human qualities - because it is the quality which guarantees all others.
Joseph Chamberlain
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It is wise to apply the oil of refined politeness to the mechanism of friendship.


Sidonie Gabrielle Colette
This visible world is wonderfully to be delighted in, and highly to be esteemed, because it is the theatre of God's righteous Kingdom.
Thomas Traherne
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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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I don't want to be polite. I don't think campaigning is polite. That's a disingenuous effort.


Carl Paladino
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To know oneself is to study oneself in action with another person.


Bruce Lee
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Talking much about oneself can also be a means to conceal oneself.


Friedrich Nietzsche
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As a person, I'm polite - I want to please.


Karl Ove Knausgard
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I seem to have very polite fans, not fanatical ones.


Natalie Imbruglia
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Canadians are nice and polite. It's not just a stereotype.


Justin Trudeau
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The concert is a polite form of self induced torture.


Henry Miller
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When you have to kill a man, it costs nothing to be polite.


Winston Churchill
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I don't sugarcoat things, but I'm very polite in delivering them.


Kellyanne Conway
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To know oneself is to disbelieve utopia.


Michael Novak
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One must not let oneself be overwhelmed by sadness.


Jackie Kennedy
The life of Edward Estlin Cummings began with a childhood in Cambridge, Mass., that he described as happy, but he struggled in both his artistic and romantic exploits against the piousness of his father, an esteemed Harvard professor.
Billy Collins
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