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Courtesy is a small act but it packs a mighty wallop
Courtesy is a small act but it packs a mighty wallop
When music and courtesy are better understood and appreciated, there will be no war
When music and courtesy are better understood and appreciated, there will be no war
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
Men, like bullets, go farthest when they are smoothest.
Men, like bullets, go farthest when they are smoothest.
Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your read more
Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence.
Nothing is ever lost by courtesy. It is the cheapest of the pleasures costs nothing and conveys much. It pleases read more
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.
We must be as courteous to a man as we are to a picture, which we are willing to give read more
We must be as courteous to a man as we are to a picture, which we are willing to give the advantage of a good light.
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.
It is better to have too much courtesy than too little, provided you are not equally courteous to all, for read more
It is better to have too much courtesy than too little, provided you are not equally courteous to all, for that would be injustice.