Curiosity and courtesy are very often at variance.
The courtesy which most becomes a victor was denied to Germany for a long time.
A thankful man owes a courtesy ever; the unthankful but when he needs it.
It is better to have too much courtesy than too little, provided you are not equally courteous to all, for that would be injustice.
Other Courtesies have been - Other Courtesy may be - We commend ourselves to thee Paragon of Chivalry.
The thorny point Of bare distress hath ta'en from me the show Of smooth civility; yet am I inland bred And know some nurture.
Courtesy is the one coin you can never have too much of or be stingy with.
I'm not going to give a courtesy gift to a person who's going to win, and I'm not going to give a sympathy gift to a person who's going to lose.
Loving your child also means respecting him as a person. Treat him with the same courtesy as would a friend.
A compliance with the minutiae of military courtesy is a mark of well-disciplined troops.
Real success requires respect for and faithfulness to the highest human values-honesty, integrity, self-discipline, dignity, compassion, humility, courage, personal responsibility, courtesy, and human service.
Gratitude is the most exquisite form of courtesy.
Be not niggardly of what costs thee nothing, as courtesy, counsel, & countenance.
There will always be someone else with a different view than you. I appreciate them and would never say that they are wrong. I hope that they would give me that courtesy also.
No war ought ever to be undertaken but under circumstances which render all intercourse of courtesy between the combatants impossible. It is a bad thing that men should hate each other; but it is far worse that they should contract the habit of cutting one another's throats without hatred. War is never lenient but where it is wanton; when men are compelled to fight in self-defence, they must hate and avenge: this may be bad; but it is human nature.
Dissembling courtesy! How fine this tyrant can trickle when she wounds!
Schisms do not originate in a love of truth, which is a source of courtesy and gentleness, but rather in an inordinate desire for supremacy.
Never say an unkind word to anyone.
The Indian is one of Nature's gentlemen--he never says or does a rude or vulgar thing. The vicious, uneducated barbarians, who form the surplus of overpopulous European countries, are far behind the wild man in delicacy of feeling or natural courtesy.
Princes of courtesy, merciful, proud and strong.