Elizabeth received them with all the forbearance of civility

There is nothing that we can properly call our own but our time, and yet everybody fools us out of it who has a…

— Seneca the Younger

Most adults would not dream of belittling, humiliating, or bullying (verbally or physically) another adult. But many of the same adults think nothing of…

— Laurence Steinberg

Martha Stewart contributes more to our civility than the Baptist Church.

— Dave Hickey

The Second World War had a precipitating effect in that it discredited the empires, as well as bankrupting them. Not only could you no…

— Tony Judt

How much wit, good-nature, indulgences, how many good offices and civilities, are required among friends to accomplish in some years what a lovely face…

— Jean de la Bruyere

They parted at last with mutual civility, and possibly a mutual desire of never meeting again.

— Jane Austen

“When someone has wronged you, continue to treat them with civility. It’s the ultimate mark of a mensch.”

— Bruna Martinuzzi

“Never in England were there so many gentlemen and so little gentleness.”

— C.J. Sansom

The insolent civility of a proud man is, if possible, more shocking than his rudeness could be; because he shows you, by his manner,…

— Lord Chesterfield

A good word is an easy obligation; but not to speak ill requires only our silence, which costs us nothing.

— John Tillotson

'Playboy' operated with a patina of civility that granted the average man a presumption of pleasure that went one way - his. And that…

— Wesley Morris

[T]he politically correct are above the rules of ordinary civility, once they have identified you as an unbeliever in their religion.

— Orson Scott Card

Sanctions alone could not stop Iran's nuclear program. But they did help bring Iran to the negotiating table.

— Barack Obama

Even here in America, we felt the cool, refreshing breeze of freedom when Nelson Mandela took the seat of Presidency in his country where…

— Maya Angelou

“When you know you can do something, and you feel good about yourself, you do not have to devalue others.”

— John Patrick Hickey