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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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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.

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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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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.

by Ralph Waldo Emerson Found in: Courtesy Quotes,
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The small courtesies sweeten life; the greater ennoble it.

The small courtesies sweeten life; the greater ennoble it.

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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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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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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

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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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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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