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Courtesy Quotes by Emily Post
- Courtesy demands that you, when you are a guest, shall show neither annoyance nor disappointment--no matter what happens.
- Manners are a sensitive awareness of the feelings of others. If you have that awareness, you have good manners, no matter what fork you use.
More Courtesy Quotes
- Clothes and manners do not make the man; but when he is made, they greatly improve his appearance. — Henry Ward Beecher
- If a man be gracious and courteous to strangers, it shows he is a citizen of the world. — Francis Bacon
- Courtesy is only a thin veneer on the general selfishness. — Honore de Balzac
- A tree is known by its fruit; a man by his deeds. A good deed is never lost; he who sows courtesy… — Saint Basil
- We thought that we had the answers, it was the questions we had wrong. — Unknown Author
- There are only two or three human stories, and they go on repeating themselves as fiercely as if they had never happened… — Willa Cather
- We are justified in enforcing good morals, for they belong to all mankind; but we are not justified in enforcing good manners,… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
- A man's own manner and character is what most becomes him. — Marcus Tullius Cicero