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A man that should call everything by its right name would hardly p

A man that should call everything by its right name would hardly pass the streets without being knocked down as a common enemy. – Lord Halifax

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There can be no defence like elaborate courtesy. – E.V. Lucas

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Life be not so short but that there is always time for courtesy. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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The small courtesies sweeten life; the greater ennoble it. – Christian Nevell Bovee

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Perfect behavior is born of complete indifference. – Cesare Pavese, This Business of Living: Diaries

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