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

Quote by Robert A Heinlein

Topics: Civilization Quotes, Politeness Quotes

Love is that condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your...

Love is that condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your...

It is a truism that almost any sect, cult, or religion will legislate its creeds...

It is a truism that almost any sect, cult, or religion will legislate its creeds...

Writing is not necessarily something to be ashamed of, but do it in private and...

Writing is not necessarily something to be ashamed of, but do it in private and...

Never insult anyone by accident.

Never insult anyone by accident.

An armed society is a polite society. Manners are good when one may have to...

An armed society is a polite society. Manners are good when one may have to...

Never insult anyone by accident.

Never insult anyone by accident.

Everything is theoretically impossible, until it is done.

Everything is theoretically impossible, until it is done.

A competent and self-confident person is incapable of jealousy in anything. Jealousy is invariably a...

A competent and self-confident person is incapable of jealousy in anything. Jealousy is invariably a...

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

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

When any government, or any church for that matter, undertakes to say to its subjects,...

When any government, or any church for that matter, undertakes to say to its subjects,...

Women will forgive anything. Otherwise, the race would have died out long ago.

Women will forgive anything. Otherwise, the race would have died out long ago.

A competent and self-confident person is incapable of jealousy in anything. Jealousy is invariably a...

A competent and self-confident person is incapable of jealousy in anything. Jealousy is invariably a...

Progress isn't made by early risers. It's made by lazy men trying to find easier...

Progress isn't made by early risers. It's made by lazy men trying to find easier...

I never learned from a man who agreed with me.

I never learned from a man who agreed with me.

One of the sanest, surest, and most generous joys of life comes from being happy...

One of the sanest, surest, and most generous joys of life comes from being happy...

The difference between science and the fuzzy subjects is that science requires reasoning while those...

The difference between science and the fuzzy subjects is that science requires reasoning while those...

No statement should be believed because it is made by an authority.

No statement should be believed because it is made by an authority.

Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and...

Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and...

Cat people are different, to the extent that they generally are not conformists. How could...

Cat people are different, to the extent that they generally are not conformists. How could...

The cat looks back at me the way dogs and some cars look when people...

The cat looks back at me the way dogs and some cars look when people...

There's nothing so similar to one poodle dog as another poodle dog, and that goes...

There's nothing so similar to one poodle dog as another poodle dog, and that goes...