Famous quotes containing the word civilised:
“I expect that Woman will be the last thing civilised by Man.”
—George Meredith (1828–1909)
“It is a curious thing that every creed promises a paradise which will be absolutely uninhabitable for anyone of civilised taste.”
—Evelyn Waugh (1903–1966)
“That monstrous tuberosity of civilised life, the capital of England.”
—Thomas Carlyle (1795–1881)