E3DA43
Definition of an Emotion 43 — Part III
English (Elwes 1883)also show
Latin
Humanitas seu modestia est cupiditas ea faciendi quæ hominibus placent et omittendi quæ displicent.
English (Elwes 1883)
Courtesy, or deference (Humanitas seu modestia), is the desire of acting in a way that should please men, and refraining from that which should displease them.
Modern English
Courtesy, or deference (humanitas seu modestia), is the desire to do what pleases people and to refrain from what displeases them.