And unusually polite people will occasionally ask if those around them mind before they light up.

When they bowed and gently touched each other, one felt these were polite young people.

"They were polite people who paid their rent on time," he added.

"We are by nature a gentle and polite people," Father had said.

The further east you move on the Island, the more polite and civilized people become.

He's one of the most polite people I've ever met.

In my memory this city is very clean, peaceful and full with polite people.

The Japanese are a polite people and routinely say things they don't really mean.

He was one of the most polite people I'd ever met.

"But here, they're the most polite people in the world."