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Robert Christy, comp. Proverbs, Maxims and Phrases of All Ages. 1887.

Politeness

A hunchback making a bow. (Excessive politeness.)Chinese.

A civil denial is better than a rude grant.

Hat in hand goes through the land.German.

Politeness is benevolence in small things.Macaulay.

To be truly polite remember you must be polite at all times and under all circumstances.

A man without ceremony had need of great merit in its place.

After the land’s manner is mannerly.Dutch.

As charity covers a multitude of sins before God, so does politeness before men.Greville.

At Rome do as Rome does.

Cap in hand never did any harm.Italian.

One never loseth anything by politeness.

One outward civility is current pay for another.