Famous aphorisms about being polite

1. If you don’t learn etiquette, you can’t stand up. ——Confucius

2. Knowing shame is close to courage. ——Confucius

3. The origin of benevolence is love. ——Zhu Xi

4. A gentleman is concerned about morality but not poverty. ——Confucius

5. If a person is polite, he will be safe, but if he is not polite, he will be in danger. ——"Book of Rites"

6. Etiquette is the ultimate form of humanity. ——Xunzi

7. A polite person can travel all over the world. ——Germany

8. If you don’t learn etiquette, you can’t stand up. ——"The Analects of Confucius"

9. Being polite does no harm to people. ——Italy

10. Be poor without flattery, be rich without arrogance. ——Zigong

11. Politeness is the flower of fraternity. ——Jouber

12. The greater the title, the more complicated the etiquette. ——Tennyson

13. Love others as much as you love yourself. ——Zhang Zairen

14. The way is to tell the virtue, and the unity is to be polite. ——"The Analects of Confucius"

15. Politeness is to human nature what heat is to candles. ——Schopenhauer

16. Respecting others is respecting yourself. —— Galsworthy

17. Earth can build a city wall, and accumulated virtue can make a solid ground. ——Li Bai

18. Politeness is the golden key to human perfection. ——Matsusuneji

19. Etiquette and politeness are good deeds in trivial matters. ——William Pitt, Jr.

20. Speaking aggressively does not necessarily mean that what you say is reasonable. ——Saadi

21. If you respect yourself, others will respect you; if you are arrogant, others will be arrogant. ——Zhu Xi

22. Being polite and thoughtful costs nothing, but it is worth more than anything else. ——Cervantes

23. Politeness is the first important thing in life habits. ——America

24. Politeness can often replace the noblest feelings. ——Mérimée

25. A person’s courtesy is a mirror that reflects his portrait. ——Goethe

26. Rituals are the scriptures of heaven, the righteousness of earth, and the conduct of people. ——Zuo Qiuming

27. The extravagant are in ruins and the frugal are at peace. One evil and one good are in front of you. ——Bai Juyi

28. A person may disappear without a trace in his politeness. ——Thoreau

29. Rituals govern the country, determine the country, order the people, and benefit the heirs. ——"Zuo Zhuan"

30. Reason is higher than the heart, and thoughts are more reliable than emotions. ——Gorky

31. It’s not that you can’t see justice, but that you’re afraid of not being brave enough to see justice. ——Xie Juezai

32. If you are full of losses, you will benefit from humility. Don’t stretch your hands, work hard all day long, and strive for self-improvement. ——Chen Yi

33. It is not difficult for a person with good intentions to express his courtesy to others. ——Rousseau

34. If a person is rude, he will not stand up, if he is rude, things will not be successful, and if the country is rude, there will be no peace. ——Xun Qing

35. Politeness is the second sun of an educated person. ——Heraclitus

36. Joy is used to change customs, etiquette is used to transform people. ——Wu Jing of the Tang Dynasty

37. A gentleman tolerates what others cannot tolerate, tolerates what others cannot tolerate, and deals with what others cannot tolerate. ——Ma Nan

38. Courteous demeanor is mainly a manifestation of self-restraint. ——Edison