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Politeness is the art of choosing among one's real thoughts.
Politeness is the art of choosing among one's real thoughts.
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.
Men, like bullets, go farthest when they are smoothest.
Men, like bullets, go farthest when they are smoothest.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
