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Civility is not simply about manners.

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

Politeness is the flower of humanity.

Politeness is half good manners and half good lying.

Good manners are appreciated as much as bad manners are abhorred.

Fine manners need the support of fine manners in others.

Politeness is only one half good manners and the other half good lying.

Manners are nothing more than thinking about somebody else.

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

Manners are the basic building blocks of civil society.