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#courtesy

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Most problems are best solved privately, not through government. There's a problem of discourtesy in the world, which is best handled through social norms, which are indispensable. But you wouldn't want the government to be mandating courtesy.


Cass Sunstein


#courtesy #government #handled #indispensable #most

Princes of courtesy, merciful, proud and strong.


Henry Newbolt


#merciful #princes #proud #strong

It is impossible to practice parliamentary politics without having patience, decency, politeness and courtesy.


Khaleda Zia


#decency #having #impossible #parliamentary #patience

Passion and courtesy are two polar opposite traits that serve to balance each other into a full-blooded whole. Without socialization, passion is a crude barbarian, and without passion, the elegant and polite are dead. Allow both passion and courtesy into your life in equal measure, and be complete.


Vera Nazarian


#barbarism #civil #civilization #courtesy #manners

The boldness of his mind was sheathed in a scabbard of politeness.


Dumas Malone


#boldness #courtesy #mind #politeness #scabbard

Don't flatter yourself that friendship authorizes you to say disagreeable things to your intimates. The nearer you come into relation with a person, the more necessary do tact and courtesy become.


Oliver Wendell Holmes


#become #come #courtesy #disagreeable #flatter

Courtesy is a silver lining around the dark clouds of civilization; it is the best part of refinement and in many ways, an art of heroic beauty in the vast gallery of man’s cruelty and baseness.


Bryant McGill


#courtesy #manners #politeness #art

Gratitude is the most exquisite form of courtesy.


Jacques Maritain


#exquisite #form #gratitude #most

No one is more insufferable than he who lacks basic courtesy.


Bryant H. McGill


#courtesy #insufferable #lacks #more #than

You can demand courtesy but you have to earn respect.


Lawrence Goldstone


#respect #respect






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