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    Courtesy is a science of the highest importance. It is ... opening a door that we may derive instruction from the example of others, and at the same time enabling us to benefit them by our example, if there be anything in our character worthy of imitation.

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To be humble to superiors is duty, to equals courtesy, to inferiors nobleness.

To be humble to superiors is duty, to equals courtesy, to inferiors nobleness.

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Courtesies of a small and trivial character are the ones which strike deepest in the grateful and appreciating heart.

Courtesies of a small and trivial character are the ones which strike deepest in the grateful and appreciating heart.

by Henry Clay Found in: Courtesy Quotes,
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Life is not so short but that there is always time for courtesy.

Life is not so short but that there is always time for courtesy.

by Ralph Waldo Emerson Found in: Courtesy Quotes,
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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

by Lewis Carroll Found in: Courtesy Quotes,
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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.

by Alexander Pope Found in: Courtesy Quotes,
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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.

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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

by Confucius Found in: Courtesy Quotes,
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Men, like bullets, go farthest when they are smoothest.

Men, like bullets, go farthest when they are smoothest.

by Jean Paul Richter Found in: Courtesy Quotes,
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If a man be gracious and courteous to strangers, it shows he is a citizen of the world.

If a man be gracious and courteous to strangers, it shows he is a citizen of the world.

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