Civil Works

Famous quotes containing the words civil and/or works:

    “... though mathematics may teach a man how to build a bridge, it is what the Scotch Universities call the humanities, that teach him to be civil and sweet-tempered.”
    —Amelia E. Barr (1831–1919)

    “Evil is something you recognise immediately you see it: it works through charm.”
    —Brian Masters (b. 1939)