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Definition of an Emotion — Part III
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.