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title: "5 Man Courtesy Quotes by 4 authors"
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> [For nothing is more commendable, nothing more becoming in a preeminently great man than courtesy and forbearance.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-tullius-cicero/for-nothing-is-more-commendable-nothing-more-becoming-in-a/)

[Marcus Tullius Cicero](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-tullius-cicero/)

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> [I once knew a man out of courtesy help a lame dog over a stile, and he for requital bit his fingers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-chillingworth/i-once-knew-a-man-out-of-courtesy-help-a-lame-dog-over-a-stile-and-he/)

[William Chillingworth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-chillingworth/)

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> [No use to preach to the working-man courtesy & politeness when at the same time the working-man is not given working conditions…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/b-traven/no-use-to-preach-to-the-working-man-courtesy-politeness-when-at-the/)

[B. Traven](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/b-traven/)

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> [Nothing is more becoming in a great man than courtesy and forbearance](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-tullius-cicero/nothing-is-more-becoming-in-a-great-man-than-courtesy-and-forbearance/)

[Marcus Tullius Cicero](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-tullius-cicero/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/81c/marcus-tullius-cicero-157_becoming_nothing-is-more-becoming-in-a-great-man_1878838.jpg)

> [The measure of a truly great man is the courtesy with which he treats lesser men.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/the-measure-of-a-truly-great-man-is-the-courtesy-with-which-he-treats/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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