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All doors open to courtesy.

Courtesy

Thomas de Quincey

AuthorBritish1785 · 18th century

3.4 · 48 votes · 170 reads

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

Courtesy

Ralph Waldo Emerson

PoetAmerican1803 · 19th century

3.0 · 29 votes · 122 reads

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Courtesy should be a continuous action, not something to be turned on and off like a faucet.

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3.1 · 25 votes · 114 reads

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

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PhilosopherBritish1561 · 16th century

3.0 · 44 votes · 138 reads

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Intelligence and courtesy not always are combined; Often in a wooden house a golden room we find.

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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

PoetAmerican1807 · 19th century

4.5 · 43 votes

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It is better to have too much courtesy than too little, provided you are not equally courteous to all, for that would be injustice.

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Baltasar Gracián

WriterSpanish1601 · 17th century

3.9 · 50 votes · 101 reads

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Life is short, but there is always time for courtesy.

Courtesy

Ralph Waldo Emerson

PoetAmerican1803 · 19th century

3.4 · 22 votes · 118 reads

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

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ComedianGerman1763 · 18th century

4.3 · 43 votes · 197 reads

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The measure of a truly great man is the courtesy with which he treats lesser men.

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The small courtesies sweeten life; the greater ennoble it.

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Christian Nestell Bovee

AuthorAmerican1820 · 19th century

3.5 · 35 votes

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There is a courtesy of the heart; it is allied to love. From its springs the purest courtesy in the outward behavior.
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
PoetGerman1749 · 18th century
3.8 · 51 votes · 198 reads
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To speak kindly does not hurt the tongue.
Proverb
Anonymous
3.2 · 40 votes · 23 reads
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To succeed in the world it is not enough to be stupid, you must also be well-mannered.
Virginia Woolf
WriterBritish1882 · 19th century
3.5 · 63 votes · 129 reads
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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.
Alexander Pope
PoetEnglish1688 · 17th century
3.6 · 52 votes · 124 reads
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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.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
PoetAmerican1803 · 19th century
3.9 · 38 votes · 186 reads
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