Contrary Quote by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr

“The nearer persons come to each other, the greater is the room and the more are the occasions for courtesy; but just in proportion…

— George MacDonald

Courtesy is a science of the highest importance. It is... opening a door that we may derive instruction from the example of others, and…

— Michel de Montaigne

Courtesy should be apparent in all our actions and words and in all aspects of daily life. But be courtesy, I do not mean…

— Mas Oyama

Courtesy, like grace and beauty, that which begets liking and inclination to love one another at the first sight, and in the very beginning…

— Michel de Montaigne

To be courtesy , is to be willing to be taken advantage of …

— Anonymous

Courtesy is simply doing unto others what you would like them to do unto you.

— Aristophanes

An excess of courtesy is discourtesy

— Japanese Proverb

The greater person is one of courtesy.

— Alfred Lord Tennyson

The knowledge of courtesy and good manners is a very necessary study. It is like grace and beauty, that which begets liking and an…

— Michel de Montaigne

Courtesy is a silver lining around the dark clouds of civilization; it is the best part of refinement and in many ways, an art…

— Bryant H. McGill

Courtesy is a waste of time; it weakens you and undermines you.

— Yasmina Reza

Courtesy is the bedrock of social interchange. No matter what you're doing, even if you're fomenting revolution, you can still be courteous.

— Joan M. Drury