Politeness, does not remove the brave
We could start with the dictionary. Asking: what is it to be courteous?, and he answering us: “be a kind and polite person, who keeps the rules of courtesy”. So we ask what is courtesy. “It is the kindness and good manners of the courteous person”, the dictionary answers us… Well, he curled up, but at least he is not lying to us…
It was the sixteenth century. The Royal House and Heritage of the Crown of Spain was the institution that governed the organization of the Royal Court since the time of the Habsburgs. The skeleton of his Court had been brought from these, as well as the ceremonial, the etiquette, the protocols… So, to study Courtesy in an Austrian way, Spaniards!… Of course, where else but at the Court? Real was going to learn “really” to be courteous?… That’s where the term comes from. of that court.
But times have shown that courtesy is a virtue that is available to anyone, it is not necessary to be courteous. It is not necessary to come “from a good birth”, nor to have enjoyed a careful education “in the best private schools” to have good manners with others…
Legend has it that One day in 1804, Thomas Jefferson, then president of the United States, was walking down the street with an important businessman, discussing their issues… Suddenly a black slave passed them and, recognizing the president, greeted him with great courtesy. Jefferson immediately returned the greeting very kindly. The businessman, surprised, asked him: “How come you bother to greet that black slave, Mr. President? And Jefferson, who was a defender of freedom but also the owner of 600 slaves, replied: “Is it good for a slave to surpass a president in standards of courtesy and civility?…
The significance of this saying is that you can be courteous and polite, even when you have to correct someone, even harshly… Forward, my gallant courtesans!
