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Courtesy Quotes


"There can be no defense like elaborate courtesy."


"If you treat with courtesy your equal, who is privileged to resent an impertinence, how much more cautious should you be to your dependents, from whom you demand a respectful demeanor."


"The only true source of politeness is consideration."


"It was a woman who drove me to drink, and I never had the courtesy to thank her for it."


"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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