Courteous
Of courtlike manners; pertaining to, or expressive of, courtesy; characterized by courtesy; civil; obliging; well bred; polite; affable; complaisant.
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Courteous Quotations
Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence.
George Washington
Be peaceful, be courteous, obey the law, respect everyone; but if someone puts his hand on you, send him to the cemetery.
Malcolm X
It is better to have too much courtesy than too little, provided you are not equally courteous to all, for that would be injustice.
Baltasar Gracian
Greatness is so often a courteous synonym for great success.
Philip Guedalla
If a man be gracious and courteous to strangers, it shows he is a citizen of the world.
Francis Bacon
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.
Thomas J. Watson
Courteous treatment will make a customer a walking advertisement.
James Cash Penney
Have a sense of humor about life - you will need it. And be courteous.
Peter Jennings
I don't know about friends, but what time I spent with The Beatles they were very courteous to me.
Peter Tork
Conferences at the top level are always courteous. Name-calling is left to the foreign ministers.
W. Averell Harriman
Courteous Translations
courteous in Dutch is welgemanierd, beschaafd, wellevend
courteous in Finnish is kohtelias
courteous in French is courtois, poli
courteous in Italian is educato
courteous in Latin is liberalis, comis
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