Courtesy Quotes
These are some of the best 'Courtesy' quotations and sayings.
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A churlish courtesy rarely comes but either for gain or falsehood.
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A cowardly act! What do I care about that? You may be sure that I should never fear to commit one if it were to my advantage.
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A moral, sensible, and well-bred man Will not affront me, and no other can.
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Approved valor is made precious by natural courtesy.
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As the sword of the best tempered metal is most flexible, so the truly generous are most pliant and courteous in their behavior to their inferiors.
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Courtesy is a science of the highest importance. - It is like grace and beauty in the body, which charm at first sight, and lead on to further intimacy and friendship.
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Hail! ye small sweet courtesies of life, for smooth do ye make the road of it, like grace and beauty which beget inclinations to love at first sight; 'tis ye who open the door and let the stranger in.
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He who fights and runs away May live to fight another day. But he who is in battle slain, Can never rise to fight again.
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Life is not so short but that there is always time enough for courtesy.
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The courtesies of a small and trivial character are the ones which strike deepest to the grateful and appreciating heart. It is the picayune compliments which , are the most appreciated; far more than the double ones we sometimes pay.
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The small courtesies sweeten life; the greater ennoble it.
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The whole of heraldry and chivalry is in courtesy. - A man of fine manners shall pronounce your name with all the ornament that titles of nobility could add.
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There is a courtesy of the heart; it is allied to love. From its springs the purest courtesy in the outward behavior.
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There is no outward sign of true courtesy that does not rest on a deep moral foundation.
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We should be as courteous to a man as we are to a picture, which we are willing to give the advantage of the best light.
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