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11 Matches Found.
- Francis Bacon
If a man be gracious to strangers, it shows that he is a citizen of the world, and his heart is no island, cut off from other islands, but a continent that joins them.
- Erastus Wiman
Nothing is ever lost by courtesy. It is the cheapest of pleasures, costs nothing, and conveys much.
- Kelty
Small courtesies, small kindnesses, small considerations, habitually practiced in our social intercourse, give a greater charm to the character than the display of great talent and accomplishments.
- Anonymous
Courtesy is simply doing unto others what you would like them to do unto you.
- Jules de Goncourt (1830-1870) and Edmond de Goncourt (1822-1896) French Artist and Writer
Never speak of yourself to others; make them talk about themselves instead: therein lies the whole art of pleasing.
- Mary Anne Grafton-Rodgers describing the late John F. Kennedy, Jr.
He doesn't act like he thinks he is Mr. Wonderful. He always introduces
himself, even though it's obvious who he is. When you talk to him, you know
he's paying attention to you and not looking over your shoulder.
- Wendell Willkie
The test of good manners is to be able to put up pleasantly with bad ones.
- Stanley Horowitz
Nothing lowers the level of conversation more than raising the voice.
- Charles Maurice, Prince de Talleyrand-Perigord (1754-1838) French Statesman
To be agreeable in society, you must consent to be taught many things which you already know.
- Tom Morris
I've come to believe that etiquette is a broad domain of human behavior where ethics meets everyday life.
- Arthur Schopenhauer
Politeness is to human nature what warmth is to wax.
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