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

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

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

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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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The test of good manners is to be patient with bad ones. – Gabirol (Solomon ben Yehuda ibn Gabirol), The Choice of Pearls

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With a gentleman I am always a gentleman and a half, and with a fraud I try to be a fraud and a half. – Otto von Bismarck

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Nothing is more noble than politeness, and nothing more ridiculous than ceremony. – Proverb

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I can be very polite, but Ive found that doesnt always get a result. You have got to bang and thump tables. – Joy Baluch

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