Courtesy

William Shakespeare Playwright, Poet

Courtesy

"The thorny point Of bare distress hath ta'en from me the show Of smooth civility; yet am I inland bred And know some nurture."

Courtesy Smooth Civility

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Mahatma Gandhi Political Leader

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"When restraint and courtesy are added to strength, the latter becomes irresistible."

Strength Don't Give Up Courtesy

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Henri Rousseau Painter

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"Politeness requires this thing; decorum that; ceremony has its forms, and fashion its laws, and these must always follow, never the promptings of our own nature."

Law Fashion Courtesy

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Thomas Fuller Physician

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"All doors open to courtesy."

Life Doors Courtesy

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J. K. Rowling Novelist, Screenwriter

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"Courtesy dictates that we offer fellow wizards the opportunity of denying us entry."

Opportunity Wizards Courtesy

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Jean Cocteau Poet, Novelist, Playwright

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"Tact in audacity is knowing how far you can go without going too far."

Knowing Courtesy Audacity

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Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. Justice, Jurist, Author

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"The nearer you come into relation with a person, the more necessary do tact and courtesy become."

Relation Courtesy Holmes

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Laozi Philosopher

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"ALL things in Nature work silently. They come into being and possess nothing. They fulfil their functions and make no claim."

Gratitude Humility Courtesy

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William Shakespeare Playwright, Poet

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"Manhood is melted into courtesies, valor into compliment, and men are only turned into tongue, and trim ones, too."

Men Tongue Courtesy

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Baltasar Gracian Philosopher, Writer

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"Courtesy is the politic witchery of great personages."

Manners Courtesy Great Person

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Benjamin Franklin Inventor, Statesman, Author

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"Be not niggardly of what costs thee nothing, as courtesy, counsel, & countenance."

Cost Thee Courtesy

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Alveda King Activist

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"Observe with both friend and foe the ordinary rules of courtesy."

Ordinary Courtesy Foe

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Ralph Waldo Emerson Essayist, Philosopher, Poet

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"The first point of courtesy must always be truth."

Firsts Manners Courtesy

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Samuel Johnson Lexicographer, Essayist, Critic

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"Courtesy and good-humour are often found with little real worth."

Real Littles Courtesy

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Marcus Tullius Cicero Politician, Philosopher, Orator

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"A man's own manner and character is what most becomes him."

Men Character Courtesy

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Lewis Carroll Author, Mathematician

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"Curtsey while you're thinking what to say. It saves time."

Thinking Courtesy

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Honore de Balzac Novelist

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"Courtesy is only a thin veneer on the general selfishness."

Selfishness Courtesy Veneer

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William Shakespeare Playwright, Poet

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"My business was great, and in such a case as mine a man may strain courtesy."

Men May Courtesy

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William Shakespeare Playwright, Poet

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"Nay, I am the very pink of courtesy."

Courtesy Romeo And Juliet Play

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Kurt Vonnegut Novelist, Satirist

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"Love may fail, but #‎ courtesy will prevail."

May Failing Courtesy

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