Quote by E.V. Lucas
There can be no defence like elaborate courtesy. - E.V. Lucas

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

Other quotes by E.V. Lucas

Women who make men talk better than they are accustomed to are always popular. – E.V. Lucas

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Women
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The truth is the only thing worth having, and, in a civilized life, like ours, where so many risks are removed, facing it is almost the only courageous thing left to do. – E.V. Lucas

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Honesty
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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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Courtesies cannot be borrowed like snow shovels; you must have some of your own. – John Wanamaker

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Manners

What you discover about people you try not to offend is that you can offend them without trying. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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Manners
[W]hat is good behavior? A lying varnish spread upon a bit of wood to make it pass for a cane. – Claude Tillier (1801–1844), My Uncle Benjamin: A Humorous, Satirical, and

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