"La mort n'est rien, mais pour vivre vaincu et sans gloire, c'est mourir tous les jours." ("Death is nothing, but to live defeated and with no glory is to die every day.") - Napoléon Bonaparte
Politeness is a discipline that compels respectful behavior. Morality is like a politeness of the soul, an etiquette of the inner life, a code of duties, a ceremonial of the essential.