Quotes by Courtesy Find, if you can, in what you cannot change. Manners with fortunes, humours turn with climes, Tenets with books, and principles with times. Alexander Pope courtesy principles book To rest, the cushion and soft dean invite, who never mentions hell to ears polite. Alexander Pope courtesy hell ears The greater man the greater courtesy. Alfred Lord Tennyson courtesy manners men The greater person is one of courtesy. Alfred Lord Tennyson courtesy persons manners The greater the man the greater the courtesy. Alfred the Great courtesy he-man men Courtesy costs nothing, but buys everything. Ali ibn Abi Talib courtesy cost Observe with both friend and foe the ordinary rules of courtesy. Alveda King foe courtesy ordinary Kind words are benedictions. The are not only instruments of power, but of benevolence and courtesy; blessings both to the speaker and hearer of them. Arthur Frederick Saunders courtesy kind blessing Courtesy is the politic witchery of great personages. Baltasar Gracian courtesy great-person manners Schisms do not originate in a love of truth, which is a source of courtesy and gentleness, but rather in an inordinate desire for supremacy. Baruch Spinoza schism courtesy desire Be not niggardly of what costs thee nothing, as courtesy, counsel, & countenance. Benjamin Franklin courtesy thee cost No one is more insufferable than he who lacks basic courtesy. Bryant H. McGill insufferable rudeness courtesy People who treat waitresses or waiters rudely - or taxi drivers - I have very little tolerance for those people. They work really hard. They deserve courtesy and respect. Chloe Sevigny courtesy tolerance people The small courtesies sweeten life; the greater ennoble it. Christian Nestell Bovee courtesy literature life Ah, whither shall a maiden flee, When a bold youth so swift pursues, And siege of tenderest courtesy, With hope perseverant, still renews! Coventry Patmore siege courtesy youth Never say an unkind word to anyone. Doug Melvin kind-words unkind-words courtesy There can be no defence like elaborate courtesy. E. V. Lucas courtesy defence manners Diplomacy is the lowest form of politeness because it misquotes the greatest number of people. A nation, like an individual, if it has anything to say, should simply say it. E. B. White courtesy numbers people Ill seemes (sayd he) if he so valiant be, Edmund Spenser courtesy stranger should Curiosity in Rome is a form of courtesy. Elizabeth Bowen courtesy rome curiosity 123456»