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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

Other quotes by E.V. Lucas

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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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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Manners
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The English are polite by telling lies. The Americans are polite by telling the truth. – Malcolm Bradbury

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Manners

People count up the faults of those who keep them waiting. – French Proverb

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Manners

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

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Manners

Everything is worth precisely as much as a belch, the difference being that a belch is more satisfying. – Ingmar Bergman

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Manners

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Build a little fence of trust around today;
Fill the space with loving deeds,
And therein stay.
Look not through the sheltering bars
Upon tomorrow;
God will help thee bear what comes of joy and sorrow. – Mary F. Butts

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Trust

The sun is but a morning star. – Henry David Thoreau, Walden

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Behold the child, by Natures kindly law pleased with a rattle, tickled with a straw. – Alexander Pope

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I dont blame the players today for the money. I blame the owners. They started it. They wanna give it to em? More power to em. – Yogi Berra

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