"No man gains credit for his cowardly courtesies." — Ralph Waldo Emerson
"No man gains credit for his cowardly courtesies."
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Ralph Waldo Emerson
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2,823 Quotes by Ralph Waldo Emerson
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If I should go out of church whenever I hear a false sentiment, I could never stay there five minutes.
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To different minds, the same world is a hell, and a heaven.
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Extremes meet, and there is no better example than the naughtiness of humility.
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Science is nothing but the finding of analogy, identity, in the most remote parts.
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Every promise of the soul has innumerable fulfillments; each of its joys ripens into a new want.
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The foolish man wonders at the unusual, but the wise man at the usual.
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A little praise goes a great ways.
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Lobbying' is the activity of attempting to influence legislation by privately influencing the legislators. It is the result and creation…
— Ayn Rand
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The small courtesies sweeten life; the greater ennoble it.
— Christian Nestell Bovee
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Our obligation to others and a gift to ourselves is to acknowledge and authentically express genuine appreciation for courtesies, caring…
— Michael Josephson
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Authentic gratitude is much more rare and precious than expressions of gratitude which are often empty courtesies or simply tactical…
— Michael Josephson
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I had not to this time subsisted, but that I was supported by your frequent courtesies and favours.
— Philip Massinger
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A man who understands decorum and the courtesies is a great treasure; I hope to train and send into society…
— Mas Oyama
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When two people in a marriage are more concerned about getting the golden eggs, the benefits, than they are in…
— Stephen Covey
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The habit of attending to small things and of appreciating small courtesies is one of the important marks of a…
— Nelson Mandela
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Manhood is melted into courtesies, valor into compliment, and men are only turned into tongue, and trim ones, too.
— William Shakespeare
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Politics is a war of causes; a joust of principles. Government is too serious a matter to admit of meaningless…
— Woodrow Wilson
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Hail! the small courtesies of life, for smooth do ye make the road of it, like grace and beauty, which…
— Laurence Sterne
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At every moment of his life the Shoshone must be careful to observe the complicated folkways of his group, to…
— Peter Farb
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