"No man gains credit for his cowardly courtesies." — Ralph Waldo Emerson

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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
• The small courtesies sweeten life; the greater ennoble it. — Christian Nestell Bovee
• Our obligation to others and a gift to ourselves is to acknowledge and authentically express genuine appreciation for courtesies, caring… — Michael Josephson
• Authentic gratitude is much more rare and precious than expressions of gratitude which are often empty courtesies or simply tactical… — Michael Josephson
• I had not to this time subsisted, but that I was supported by your frequent courtesies and favours. — Philip Massinger
• A man who understands decorum and the courtesies is a great treasure; I hope to train and send into society… — Mas Oyama
• When two people in a marriage are more concerned about getting the golden eggs, the benefits, than they are in… — Stephen Covey
• The habit of attending to small things and of appreciating small courtesies is one of the important marks of a… — Nelson Mandela
• Manhood is melted into courtesies, valor into compliment, and men are only turned into tongue, and trim ones, too. — William Shakespeare
• Politics is a war of causes; a joust of principles. Government is too serious a matter to admit of meaningless… — Woodrow Wilson
• Hail! the small courtesies of life, for smooth do ye make the road of it, like grace and beauty, which… — Laurence Sterne
• 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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