courtesy quotes

There can be no defence like elaborate courtesy.

-Lucas, E(dward) V(errell)
  Reading, Writing and Remembering, ch.8.

Kindness and courage can repair time's faults, And serving him breeds patience and courtesy In us, light sojourners and passing subjects.

-Muir, Edwin
  The Labyrinth,'The Good Town'.

The greater man, the greater courtesy.

-Tennyson
Idylls of the King,'The LastTournment', l.628.

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