“ Nothing is ever lost by courtesy. It is the cheapest of the pleasures; costs nothing and conveys much. It pleases him who gives and ;him who receives, and thus, like mercy, it is twice blessed. ”
- Erastus Wiman- Copy
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“ There is a courtesy of the heart; it is allied to love. From its springs the purest courtesy in the outward behavior. ”
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe- Copy
- 740
“ Politeness is the art of selecting among one's real thoughts. ”
- Madame De Stall- Copy
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“ If a man be gracious and courteous to strangers, it shows he is a citizen of the world, and that his heart is no island cut off from other lands, but a continent that joins to them. ”
- Francis Bacon- Copy
- 983
“ To be humble to superiors is duty, to equals, courtesy, to inferiors, nobleness. ”
- Benjamin Franklin- Copy
- 2.2K
“ A good deed is never lost. He who sows courtesy, reaps friendship; he who plants kindness, gathers love; pleasure bestowed on a grateful mind was never sterile, but generally gratitude begets reward. ”
- St. Basil- Copy
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“ A tree is known by its fruit; a man by his deeds. A good deed is never lost; he who sows courtesy reaps friendship, and he who plants kindness gathers love. ”
- St. Basil- Copy
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“ Courtesy is the one coin you can never have too much of or be stingy with. ”
- John Wanamaker- Copy
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“ Intelligence and courtesy not always are combined; Often in a wooden house a golden room we find. ”
- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow- Copy
- 2.5K
“ It is better to have too much courtesy than too little, provided you are not equally courteous to all, for that would be injustice. ”
- Baltasar Gracian- Copy
- 1.3K
“ My generation of radicals and breakers-down never found anything to take the place of the old virtues of work and courage and the old graces of courtesy and politeness. ”
- Francis Scott Fitzgerald- Copy
- 2K
“ The small courtesies sweeten life; the greater ennoble it. ”
- John Christian Bovee- Copy
- 2.6K
“ If you treat with courtesy your equal, who is privileged to resent an impertinence, how much more cautious should you be to your dependents, from whom you demand a respectful demeanor. ”
- Robert Chambers- Copy
- 1.3K
“ Life is not so short but that there is always time enough for courtesy. ”
- Ralph Waldo Emerson- Copy
- 3.2K
“ One of the greatest victories you can gain over someone is to beat him at politeness. ”
- Josh Billings- Copy
- 388
“ When suave politeness, tempering bigot zeal, corrected "I believe" to "One does feel.". ”
- Ronald Knox- Copy
- 612
“ Love taught him shame; and shame, with love at strife, Soon taught the sweet civilities of life. ”
- John Dryden- Copy
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