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

  • -- Francois VI, Duc De La Rochefoucauld 弗朗索瓦六世,罗切福科公爵

礼貌是一种渴望被礼貌地对待,自己也被尊重为有礼貌的人。

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There is a time for politeness and there is a time when you are obliged to be rude, as rude as you have to be to stop such pollution of young minds in its tracks with a quick, unignorable shock.

有礼貌的时候,也有不得不粗鲁的时候,粗鲁得像你必须做的那样,用一种迅速的、不可忽视的震惊来阻止这种对年轻人思想的污染。

A desire to be observed, considered, esteemed, praised, beloved, and admired by his fellows is one of the earliest as well as the keenest dispositions discovered in the heart of man.

渴望被他的同伴们观察、考虑、尊重、赞扬、喜爱和钦佩,这是人类心灵中发现的最早也是最敏锐的性情之一。

Politeness is organized indifference.

礼貌是有组织的冷漠。