“Treat your enemies with courtesy, and you'll see how valuable it really is. It costs little but pays a nice dividend: those who honor are honored. Politeness and a sense of honor have this advantage: we bestow them on others without losing a thing.” LittlesPayEnemyNiceHonorCostLosingAdvantageTreatsValuableHonoredCourtesyPolitenessDividends Author:Baltasar Gracian
“The wisest and best are repulsive, if they are characterized by repulsive manners. Politeness is an easy virtue, costs little, and has great purchasing power.” IfsLittlesEasyVirtueCostMannersWisestPolitenessPurchasingPurchasing Power Author:Amos Bronson Alcott
“The whole country wants civility. Why don't we have it? It doesn't cost anything. No federal funding, no legislation is involved. One answer is the unwillingness to restrain oneself. Everybody wants other people to be polite to them, but they want the freedom of not having to be polite to others.” PeopleWantCountryWholeFreedomAnswersInvolvedCostOneselfEqualityMannersWillingnessLegislationPoliteInvolvementFundingCivilityPolitenessCivil SocietyRestraining Author:Judith Martin
“Politeness costs nothing. Nothing, that is, to him that shows it; but if often costs the world very dear.” IfsWorldShowsCostDearPolitenessMiscellaneous Author:William Allingham
“Politeness costs little and yields much.” LittlesCostYieldPoliteness Author:Anne-Therese de Marguenat de Courcelles