Polite society, often shortened to society, is a euphemism for the upper class.
It can also refer to:
- Polite society, the etiquette amd manners of the upper class
- Polite Society, a 1995 novel by Melanie Sumner, winner of that year's Whiting Writers' Award
- The Polite Society, an American organization that holds shooting events
Famous quotes containing the words polite and/or society:
“You know, sometimes, when they say you’re ahead of your time, it’s just a polite way of saying you have a real bad sense of timing.”
—George McGovern (b. 1922)
“A commonplace of political rhetoric has it that the quality of a civilization may be measured by how it cares for its elderly. Just as surely, the future of a society may be forecast by how it cares for its young.”
—Daniel Patrick Moynihan (20th century)