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Exist Between People

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Soften Reality

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courtesy

is a pleasure like the pleasure of good dancing.

The pleasure of courtesy is like the pleasure of good dancing

is a good feeling maintained between knightly peers on account that the recipient of courtesy would be honorable men to fight if the occasion should ever arise.

An easy prey is something contemptible for proud natures. They feel good only at the sight of unbroken men who might become their enemies and at the sight of all possessions that are hard to come by. Against one who is suffering they are often hard because he is not worthy of their aspirations and pride... but they are doubly obliging toward their peers whom it would be honorable to fight if the occasion should ever arise. Spurred by the good feeling of this perspective, the members of the knightly caste became accustomed to treating each other with exquisite courtesy.

is a form of polite behavior practiced by civilized people when they have time.

a form of polite behavior practiced by civilized people when they have time

is the quality that keeps a woman smiling when a departing guest stands at the open screen door and lets the flies in.

is the art of treating the other fellow as if he were as important as he thinks he is.

Courtesy is the art of treating the other fellow as if he were as important as he thinks he is.

is the name given to such practices as a man helping a woman into her coat, lead ing her through crowded places or into a restaurant, opening her doors: the same as mothers do for their children.

is doing that which nothing under the sun makes you do but human kindness. It springs from the heart, never from the mind. The generous man is truly courteous. He gives freely without a thought of receiving anything in return.

Courtesy is doing that which nothing under the sun makes you do but human kindness. Courtesy springs from the heart; if the mind prompts the action, there is a reason; if there be a reason, it is not courtesy, for courtesy has no reason. Courtesy is good will, and good will is prompted by the heart full of love to be kind. Only the generous man is truly courteous. He gives freely without a thought of receiving anything in return.

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