“Courtesy is as much a mark of a gentleman as courage.”
Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919) American politician, 26th president of the United States
“Of courtesy it is much less
Than courage of heart or holiness
Yet in my walks it seems to me
That the Grace of God is in courtesy.”
"Courtesy"
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