I am inclined to agree more with Theodore Roosevelt's assessment that courtesy is "as much a mark of a gentleman" than with Honore de Balzac's less encouraging assessment of courtesy being "only a thin veneer on the general selfishness." While the latter may be more predominantly the case, the former holds in it the promise …
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I swear I’m done cursing!
"The foolish and wicked practice of profane cursing and swearing is a vice so mean and low that every person of sense and character detests and despises it." ~ George Washington My father once told me that people swear whenever they are too lazy to speak with dignity. I don't know if he would recall …
Return to Sender, Address Unknown
"A moral, sensible and well-bred man will not affront me, - and no other can." ~ William Cowper My wife was humming a tune yesterday that got me thinking. You've probably heard Elvis Presley sing Return to Sender and if you're anything like me, you only recall one line from the song..."return to sender, address …
Chivalry’s Sensible Legacy
"Though the practice of chivalry fell even more sadly short of its theoretic standard than practice generally falls below theory, it remains one of the most precious monuments of the moral history of our race, as a remarkable instance of a concerted and organized attempt by a most disorganized and distracted society, to raise up …
Gregory Hake 