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• Daily the Negro is coming more and more to look upon law and justice, not as protecting safeguards, but as sources of humiliation and oppression. The laws are made by men who have little interest in him; they are executed by men who have absolutely no motive for treating the black people with courtesy or consideration; and, finally, the accused law-breaker is tried, not by his peers, but too often by men who would rather punish ten innocent Negroes than let one guilty one escape.

  W. E. B. Du Bois

  Men, Law, People

  "The Souls of Black Folk". Book by W. E. B. Du Bois, 1903.

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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

  Men, Tongue, Manners

  William Shakespeare (1909). “Much Ado About Nothing; Hamlet”

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• My father and he had cemented one of those English friendships which begin by avoiding intimacies and eventually eliminate speech altogether.

  Jorge Luis Borges

  Friendship, Father, Tears

  "Ficciones".

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• Politics is a war of causes; a joust of principles. Government is too serious a matter to admit of meaningless courtesies.

  Woodrow Wilson

  War, Government, Principles

  Woodrow Wilson, Arthur Stanley Link, Woodrow Wilson Foundation, Princeton University (1966). “The papers of Woodrow Wilson”

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• Many of our newly smart would rather be found murdering their children than being kind to their parents. They would prefer to be damned for rudeness than to be snickered at for courtesy.

  Irwin Edman

  Children, Smart, Parent

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• Let not the emphasis of hospitality lie in bed and board; but let truth and love and honor and courtesy flow in all thy deeds.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Thank You, Lying, Honor

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• No matter how accomplished one might be in any branch of learning or art, one would have to be condemned to hell, if on where not endowed with th five cardinal virtues of Confucius-benevolence, justice, courtesy, wisdom and fidelity

  Ryūnosuke Akutagawa

  Art, Justice, Branches

  Ryūnosuke Akutagawa (1987). “Hell screen ; Cogwheels ; A fool's life”, Eridanos Library

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• Finally and most important of all, authenticity means that you must do what you do the way you do it and allow everyone else the same courtesy. There was a time I wanted to be like every famous writer that ever lived. I tried to copy styles, reframe information, use similar artwork. I almost drove myself crazy! Now I just do what I do. I have mentors. There are people whose work I admire, but I write the way I write. I eat the way I eat. I dress the way I dress. I can't believe that God made us each so unique only to have us do everything the same way.

  Iyanla Vanzant

  Crazy, Believe, Writing

  Iyanla Vanzant (2012). “One Day My Soul Just Opened Up: 40 Days And 40 Nights Towards Spiritual Strength And Personal Growth”, p.243, Simon and Schuster

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• Dissembling courtesy! How fine this tyrant can trickle when she wounds!

  William Shakespeare

  Kindness, Tyrants, Fine

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• We may scatter the seeds of courtesy and kindness about us at little expense. Some of them will fall on good ground, and grow up into benevolence in the minds of others, and all of them will bear fruit of happiness in the bosom whence they spring.

  Jeremy Bentham

  Growing Up, Kindness, Spring

  Jeremy Bentham (1834). “Deontology: or, The science of morality: in which the harmony and co-incidence of duty and self-interest, virtue and felicity, prudence and benevolence, are explained and exemplified”, p.131

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• One difference between savagery and civilization is a little courtesy. There's no telling what a lot of courtesy would do.

  Cullen Hightower

  Kindness, Civilization, Differences

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• A compliance with the minutiae of military courtesy is a mark of well-disciplined troops.

  John A. Lejeune

  Military, Marine, Troops

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• Friends are helpful not only because they will listen to us, but because they will laugh at us; Through them we learn a little objectivity, a little modesty, a little courtesy; We learn the rules of life and become better players of the game

  Will Durant

  Learning, Player, Games

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• Courtesy gives its owner a passport round the world. It transmutes aliens into trusting friends.

  James Thomas Fields

  Kindness, Giving, World

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• Good manners disappear in proportion as the influence of a Court and an exclusive aristocracy lessens; this decrease can be plainly observed from decade to decade by those who have an eye for public behavior, which grows visibly.

  Friedrich Nietzsche

  Eye, Good Man, Aristocracy

  Friedrich Nietzsche (2012). “Human, All-Too-Human: Parts One and Two”, p.135, Courier Corporation

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• When you have to kill a man, it costs nothing to be polite.

  Winston Churchill

  Sad, Witty, Powerful

  Winston Churchill (1959). “Memoirs of the Second World War: An Abridgement of the Six Volumes of the Second World War”

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• Though I be but prince of Wales, yet I am the king of courtesy.

  William Shakespeare

  Kings, Wales, Prince Hal

  "The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare: Richard II. Henry IV, pt. 1-2. Henry V".

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• I'll try a pagan friend, thought I, since Christian kindness has proved but hollow courtesy.

  Herman Melville

  Christian, Kindness, Trying

  Herman Melville (2016). “Moby Dick (World Classics, Unabridged)”, p.37, Vij Books India Pvt Ltd

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• Courtesy dictates that we offer fellow wizards the opportunity of denying us entry.

  J. K. Rowling

  Opportunity, Wizards, Offers

  J.K. Rowling (2015). “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince”, p.56, Pottermore

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• A woman may be beautiful but have poor character. A man may be a business genius, making money left and right, but lack common courtesy, sensitivity, and compassion.

  Myles Munroe

  Beautiful, Character, Men

  Myles Munroe (2005). “Waiting and Dating: A Sensible Guide to a Fulfilling Love Relationship”, p.69, Destiny Image Publishers

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• He stepped back with exaggerated courtesy. But when I walked past him, he swatted my rump. Hard enough to sting. “You need to be more careful,” he growled. “Keep interfering in my business and you might get hurt.” I said sweetly as I continued to Jesse's room, “The last man who swatted me like that is rotting in his grave.” “I have no doubt about it.” His voice was more satisfied then contrite.

  Patricia Briggs

  Hurt, Past, Men

  Patricia Briggs (2008). “Iron Kissed”, p.109, Penguin

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• The first rule of etiquette a boy learns when he's about to enter society is that civility is due to all women. No provocation, no matter how unjust and rudely delivered, can validate a man who fails to treat a woman with anything less than utmost courtesy." The boys hung on his every word. He glanced in her direction. "I have met some incredibly unpleasant women, and I have never failed in this duty. But I must admit: your sister may prove my undoing.

  Ilona Andrews

  Boys, Men, Unjust

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• Professor, why couldn't we just Apparate directly into your old colleague's house?' 'Because it would be quite as rude as kicking down the front door,' said Dumbledore. 'Courtesy dictates that we offer fellow wizards the opportunity of denying us entry.

  J. K. Rowling

  Opportunity, Doors, Rude

  J.K. Rowling (2015). “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince”, p.56, Pottermore

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• Common courtesy dictates that we never drain the lifeblood of anyone to whom we've been formally introduced.

  Kelley Armstrong

  Common, Common Courtesy, Drains

  Kelley Armstrong (2009). “Stolen”, p.77, Vintage Canada

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• When it comes to dressing well, American culture is so self-fulfilled that it has not only disregarded this courtesy of self-presentation, but has turned that disregard into a virtue. "We are too superior/busy/cool/not-uptight to bother about how we look to other people, and so we can wear pajamas to school and underwear to the mall.

  Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

  School, Self, People

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