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Don't flatter yourself that friendship authorizes you to say disagreeable things to your intimates. The nearer you come into relation read more
Don't flatter yourself that friendship authorizes you to say disagreeable things to your intimates. The nearer you come into relation with a person, the more necessary do tact and courtesy become.
Courtesy is a small act but it packs a mighty wallop
Courtesy is a small act but it packs a mighty wallop
Politeness is the art of choosing among your thoughts
Politeness is the art of choosing among your thoughts
He who sows courtesy reaps friendship, and he who plants kindness gathers love
He who sows courtesy reaps friendship, and he who plants kindness gathers love
At a dinner party one should eat wisely but not too well, and talk well but not too wisely.
At a dinner party one should eat wisely but not too well, and talk well but not too wisely.
Intelligence and courtesy not always are combined;Often in a wooden house a golden room we find.
Intelligence and courtesy not always are combined;Often in a wooden house a golden room we find.
One of the greatest victories you can gain over someone is to beat him at politeness.
One of the greatest victories you can gain over someone is to beat him at politeness.
No one is too big to be courteous, but some are too little
No one is too big to be courteous, but some are too little
True politeness consists in being easy one's self, and in making every one about one as easy as one can.
True politeness consists in being easy one's self, and in making every one about one as easy as one can.
