Courteous Quotes
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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.
Francis Bacon, Sr.
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A large nose is the mark of a witty, courteous, affable, generous and liberal man.
Cyrano De Bergerac
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I think a compliment ought always to precede a complaint, where one is possible, because it softens resentment and insures for the complaint a courteous and gentle reception
Mark Twain
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Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence.
George Washington
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Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence.
George Washington
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I suppose women find me attractive because I am polite, charming, courteous...a gentleman. My romantic reputation is an exaggeration. The realities are a bit different.
Michael Rennie
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We`re doing it at night because there are a lot of businesses on that road, and there are a lot of people who live on that road. We`re going to try to be as courteous as we can be.
Ashwell Prince
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the West was acting like a courteous gentleman or even a skilled lover, trying to defend Ukraine, although the Russian government behaved like an impotent rapist.
Barry Cullen
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If a man be gracious and courteous to strangers, it shows he is a citizen of the world.
Francis Bacon
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Have a sense of humor about life - you will need it. And be courteous.
Peter Jennings
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Conferences at the top level are always courteous. Name-calling is left to the foreign ministers.
Andrew Kaplan
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be patient, dignified and courteous.
Art Spada
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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.
George Washington
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Be peaceful, be courteous, obey the law, respect everyone; but if someone puts his hand on you, send him to the cemetery.
Malcolm X
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Be courteous to all, but intimate with few; and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence.
George Washington
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Be courteous, be obliging, but don`t give yourself over to be melted down for the benefit of the tallow trade.
George Eliot
