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courtesy

«Civilization...is a matter of imponderables, of delight in the thins of the mind, of love of beauty, of honor, grace, courtesy, delicate feeling. Where imponderables, are things of first importance, there is the height of civilization, and, if at the same time, the power of art exists unimpaired, human life has reached a level seldom attained and very seldom surpassed.»
«Courtesy is the one coin you can never have too much of or be stingy with.»
«Courteous men learn courtesy from the discourteous»
Author: Persian Proverb | About: Courtesy | Keywords: courtesy, discourteous
«A tree is known by its fruit; a man by his deeds. A good deed is never lost; he who sows courtesy reaps friendship, and he who plants kindness gathers love.»
«Courtesy while you're thinking what to say. It saves time.»
«Courtesy is as much a mark of a gentleman as courage.»
«All doors open to courtesy»
Author: Thomas Fuller (Clergyman, Writer) | About: Courtesy | Keywords: courtesy, doors, open to
«Be not niggardly of what costs thee nothing, as courtesy, counsel, & countenance.»
«An excess of courtesy is discourtesy»
Author: Japanese Proverb | About: Courtesy, Excess | Keywords: courtesy, discourtesy, excess
«Courtesy on one side can never last long»
Author: Proverb | About: Courtesy | Keywords: courtesy, one-sided