Civility

Famous quotes containing the word civility:

“People will no more advance their civility to a bear, than their money to a bankrupt.”
—Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl Chesterfield (1694–1773)

“The civility of no race can be perfect whilst another race is degraded.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

“The civility of the world has reached that pitch that their more moral genius is becoming indispensable, and the quality of this race is to be honored for itself.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)