Courtesy is a silver lining around the dark clouds of civilization

Courtesy is a silver lining around the dark clouds of civilization it is the best part of refinement and in many ways, an art of heroic beauty in the vast gallery of mans cruelty and baseness. – Bryant H. McGill

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