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courteous

«Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence.»
«Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence. True friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the appellation.»
«Be peaceful, be courteous, obey the law, respect everyone; but if someone puts his hand on you, send him to the cemetery.»
«A revolution is not a dinner party, or writing an essay, or painting a picture, or doing embroidery; it cannot be so refined, so leisurely and gentle, so temperate, kind, courteous, restrained and magnanimous. A revolution is an insurrection, an act of violence by which one class overthrows another.»
«If a man be gracious and courteous to strangers, it shows he is a citizen of the world.»
«A brave heart and a courteous tongue. They shall carry thee far through the jungle, manling.»
«Do not worry; eat three square meals a day; say your prayers; be courteous to your creditors; keep your digestion good; exercise; go slow and easy. Maybe there are other things your special case requires to make you happy; but, my friend, these I rec»
«Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous: / Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but contrariwise blessing; knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye should inherit a blessing.»
«If a man be gracious and courteous to strangers, it shows he is a citizen of the world, and that his heart is no island cut off from other lands, but a continent that joins to them.»
«As the sword of the best tempered metal is most flexible, so the truly generous are most pliant and courteous in their behavior to their inferiors»