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«What restricts the use of the word 'lady' among the courteous is that it is intended to set a woman apart from ordinary humanity, and in the working world that is not a help, as women have discovered in many bitter ways»
Author: Judith S. Marin
| About:
Women
| Keywords:
courteous, intended, restrict, restricted, restricting, restricts, set apart
«To awaken each morning with a smile brightening my face; to greet the day withreverence for the opportunities it contains; to approach my work with a cleanmind; to hold ever before me, even in the doing of little things, the UltimatePurpose toward which I am working; to meet men and women with laughter on mylips and love in my heart; to be gentle, kind, and courteous through all thehours; to approach the night with weariness that ever woos sleep and the joythat comes from work well done -- this is how I desire to waste wisely my days.»
Author: Thomas Dekker
(Dramatist, Writer)
| Keywords:
brightening, courteous, greet, The Hours, weariness, well-done, woos
«Really big people are, above everything else, courteous, considerate and generous - not just to some people in some circumstances - but to everyone all the time.»
Author: Thomas J. Watson, Sr.
| About:
Courtesy,
Generosity,
People
| Keywords:
considerate, courteous, Everything to Everyone, generous
«We are sick with fascination for the useful tools of names and numbers, of symbols, signs, conceptions and ideas. Meditation is therefore the art of suspending verbal and symbolic thinking for a time, somewhat as a courteous audience will stop talking when a concert is about to begin.»
Author: Alan Watts
(Interpreter, Thinker, Writer)
| Keywords:
conceptions, concert, concerts, courteous, fascination, fascinations, in concert, meditation, somewhat, suspend, suspending, symbolic, symbols, verbal
«It is better to have too much courtesy than too little, provided you are not equally courteous to all, for that would be injustice»
Author: Baltasar Gracian
(Philosopher, Writer)
| About:
Courtesy
| Keywords:
courteous, courtesy, too little
«I think a compliment ought always to precede a complaint, where one is possible, because it softens resentment and insures for the complaint a courteous and gentle reception»
Author: Mark Twain
(Humorist, Lecturer, Writer)
| About:
Compliments
| Keywords:
complaint, compliment, courteous, insured, insures, insuring, precede, reception, receptions, resentment, softens
«When a couple decide to divorce, they should inform both sets of parents before having a party and telling all their friends. This is not only courteous but practical. Parents may be very willing to pitch in with comments, criticism and malicious gossip of their own to help the divorce along»
Author: P. J. O'Rourke
(Humorist, Journalist, Writer)
| Keywords:
commented, Commenting, comments, couple, courteous, gossip, inform, malicious, malicious gossip, pitch, pitch in
«I will name you the degrees. The first, the Retort Courteous; the second, the Quip Modest; the third, the Reply Churlish; the fourth, the Reproof Valiant; the fifth, the Countercheck Quarrelsome; the sixth, the Lie with Circumstance; the seventh, the Lie Direct.»
Author: William Shakespeare
(Dramatist, Playwright, Poet)
| Keywords:
churlish, circumstance, countercheck, courteous, degrees, fifth, fourth, modest, quarrelsome, quip, Quips, reply, reproof, reproofs, retort, retorted, seventh, sixth, valiant
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