No one is more insufferable than he who lacks basic courtesy.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Courtesy is only a thin veneer on the general selfishness.
It is better to have too much courtesy than too little, provided you are not equally courteous to all, for that would be injustice.
Whatever people in general do not understand, they are always prepared to dislike; the incomprehensible is always the obnoxious.
I can be arrogant, I can be insufferable.
Good manners are appreciated as much as bad manners are abhorred.
I have often seen people uncivil by too much civility, and tiresome in their courtesy.
Courtesy is as much a mark of a gentleman as courage.
He's nice enough not to want to be associated with a nasty remark but not nice enough not to make it. Lacking the courage of one's nastiness does not make one nice.
Kindness and politeness are not overrated at all. They're underused.
Fine manners need the support of fine manners in others.
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