“ He accomplished wonders of diplomacy on the principle, never give way, and never give offense. Barbara W. Tuchman
“ He knew very well that the great majority of human conversation is meaningless. A man can get through most of his days on stock answers to stock questions, he thought. Once he catches onto the game, h… Peter S Beagle
“ If ever you get invited into someone's home,' my father said (as he had been invited five or six times that morning), 'you go into the sitting-room and you say, Oh, what an attractive room! even if yo… Dick Francis
“ Modesty: the gentle art of enhancing your charm by pretending not to be aware of it. Oliver Herford
“ Chivalry is a poor substitute for justice if one cannot have both. Chivalry is something like the icing on cake sweet but not nourishing. Nellie McClung
“ I have noticed several times that people don't think I know how to behave even when I'm trying as hard as I can. Astrid Lindgren
“ The author relates George Bernard Shaw's sentiments that polite conversation excludes the only two subjects that matter, religion and politics. Lyle Wesley Dorsett
“ (Politeness is) a tacit agreement that people's miserable defects whether moral or intellectual shall on either side be ignored and not be made the subject of reproach. Arthur Schopenhauer
