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title: "122 Civilised Quotes by 98 authors"
description: "Browse 122 Civilised quotes by 98 authors. Discover the best Civilised sayings and thoughts."
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> [“It's not about being educated, it's about being civilised.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deepak-madhu-nair/it-s-not-about-being-educated-it-s-about-being-civilised/)

Deepak Madhu Nair

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> [To be Radchaai is to be civilised.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-leckie/to-be-radchaai-is-to-be-civilised/)

[Ann Leckie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-leckie/)

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> [Civilised my syphilised yarbles.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-burgess/civilised-my-syphilised-yarbles/)

[Anthony Burgess](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-burgess/)

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> [“It is quite complicated, being civilised.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-jackson-bennett/it-is-quite-complicated-being-civilised/)

[Robert Jackson Bennett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-jackson-bennett/)

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> [No man who is in a hurry is quite civilised.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ariel-durant/no-man-who-is-in-a-hurry-is-quite-civilised/)

[Ariel Durant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ariel-durant/)

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> [Civilised adults do not take apple juice with dinner.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fran-lebowitz/civilised-adults-do-not-take-apple-juice-with-dinner/)

[Fran Lebowitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fran-lebowitz/)

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> [“I am civilised. My feelings are not.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeanette-winterson/i-am-civilised-my-feelings-are-not/)

[Jeanette Winterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeanette-winterson/)

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> [In all highly civilised communities Pretence is prominent, and sooner or later invades the regions of Literature.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-payn/in-all-highly-civilised-communities-pretence-is-prominent-and-sooner/)

[James Payn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-payn/)

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> [When we get civilised, I believe children will go by number until they get old enough to choose their own names.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/myrtle-reed/when-we-get-civilised-i-believe-children-will-go-by-number-until-they/)

[Myrtle Reed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/myrtle-reed/)

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> [Vigorous societies harbour a certain extravagance of objectives.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alfred-north-whitehead/vigorous-societies-harbour-a-certain-extravagance-of-objectives/)

[Alfred North Whitehead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alfred-north-whitehead/)

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> [We can only truly be civilised people when we have regular and meaningful contact with the wild world](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-barnes/we-can-only-truly-be-civilised-people-when-we-have-regular-and/)

[Simon Barnes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-barnes/)

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> [All civilised countries should unite in the fight against international terrorism.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vladimir-putin/all-civilised-countries-should-unite-in-the-fight-against/)

[Vladimir Putin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vladimir-putin/)

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> [“The presence of the policeman around the corner is the only thing that keeps us civilised.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-russell/the-presence-of-the-policeman-around-the-corner-is-the-only-thing/)

[Paul Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-russell/)

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> [“I did not know it, but that was the last civilised dinner I was to eat for very many strange and terrible…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-g-wells-2/i-did-not-know-it-but-that-was-the-last-civilised-dinner-i-was-to-eat/)

[H.G. Wells](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-g-wells-2/)

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> [I have a flat in Paris and go there a lot, but the Eurostar's much more civilised than flying.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-bond/i-have-a-flat-in-paris-and-go-there-a-lot-but-the-eurostar-s-much/)

[Michael Bond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-bond/)

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> [Brits are far more intelligent and civilised than Americans. I love the fact that you can hail a taxi and just pick…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gwyneth-paltrow/brits-are-far-more-intelligent-and-civilised-than-americans-i-love/)

[Gwyneth Paltrow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gwyneth-paltrow/)

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> [Going to a restaurant is one of my keenest pleasures. Meeting someplace with old and new friends, ordering wine, eating food, surrounded…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-gopnik/going-to-a-restaurant-is-one-of-my-keenest-pleasures-meeting/)

[Adam Gopnik](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-gopnik/)

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> [Pretending is the basis of civilised society, and it is sometimes necessary for all of us. Without it we are nothing more…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-lindsay/pretending-is-the-basis-of-civilised-society-and-it-is-sometimes/)

[Jeff Lindsay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-lindsay/)

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> [On this waterlogged landscape…are scattered palaces and hovels…It is here that the human spirit becomes perfect, and at the same time brutalised,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexis-de-tocqueville/on-this-waterlogged-landscape-are-scattered-palaces-and-hovels-it-is/)

[Alexis de Tocqueville](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexis-de-tocqueville/)

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> [Civilised life, you know, is based on a huge number of illusions in which we all collaborate willingly. The trouble is we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/civilised-life-you-know-is-based-on-a-huge-number-of-illusions-in/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [“There are other, civilised ways of dealing with the matter," Dllenahkh insisted. Darithiven looked at him with pity. "Then, by your definition,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-lord/there-are-other-civilised-ways-of-dealing-with-the-matter-dllenahkh/)

[Karen Lord](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-lord/)

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> [Violence is the tool of the barbarian; aggression is the method of the primitive; bloodshed is the way of the savage; cruelty…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mehmet-murat-ildan/violence-is-the-tool-of-the-barbarian-aggression-is-the-method-of-the/)

[Mehmet Murat Ildan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mehmet-murat-ildan/)

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> [With highly civilised nations continued progress depends in a subordinate degree on natural selection; for such nations do not supplant and exterminate…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-darwin/with-highly-civilised-nations-continued-progress-depends-in-a/)

[Charles Darwin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-darwin/)

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> [It is so far from being natural for a man and woman to live in a state of marriage, that we find…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/it-is-so-far-from-being-natural-for-a-man-and-woman-to-live-in-a/)

[Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/)

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> [Swedes are such a civilised, perfect society - at least on the surface. There's a great safety net, a huge middle class,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-skarsgard/swedes-are-such-a-civilised-perfect-society-at-least-on-the-surface/)

[Alexander Skarsgard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-skarsgard/)

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> [The direction of society has been taken over by a type of man who is not interested in the principles of civilisation.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jose-ortega-y-gasset/the-direction-of-society-has-been-taken-over-by-a-type-of-man-who-is/)

[Jose Ortega y Gasset](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jose-ortega-y-gasset/)

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> [The vigour of civilised societies is preserved by the widespread sense that high aims are worth while. Vigorous societies harbour a certain…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alfred-north-whitehead/the-vigour-of-civilised-societies-is-preserved-by-the-widespread/)

[Alfred North Whitehead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alfred-north-whitehead/)

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> [The Government which attacks its own innocent subjects has no claim to be called a civilised government. Bear in mind, such a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lala-lajpat-rai/the-government-which-attacks-its-own-innocent-subjects-has-no-claim/)

[Lala Lajpat Rai](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lala-lajpat-rai/)

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> [Sex is probably one of the last forms of human expression to enjoy such a direct connection with nature. It might be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-koerfer/sex-is-probably-one-of-the-last-forms-of-human-expression-to-enjoy/)

[Thomas Koerfer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-koerfer/)

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> [All doctrines relating to the creation of the world, the government of man by superior beings, and his destiny after death, are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-winwood-reade/all-doctrines-relating-to-the-creation-of-the-world-the-government-of/)

[William Winwood Reade](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-winwood-reade/)

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> [The artichoke above all is the vegetable expression of civilised living, of the long view, of increasing delight by anticipation and crescendo.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-grigson/the-artichoke-above-all-is-the-vegetable-expression-of-civilised/)

[Jane Grigson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-grigson/)

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> [It is time to remind Sharon that the star of David belongs to all Jews, not to his repulsive Government. His actions…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerald-kaufman/it-is-time-to-remind-sharon-that-the-star-of-david-belongs-to-all/)

[Gerald Kaufman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gerald-kaufman/)

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> [England and all civilised nations stand in deadly peril of not having enough to eat. As mouths multiply, food resources dwindle. Land…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-crookes/england-and-all-civilised-nations-stand-in-deadly-peril-of-not-having/)

[William Crookes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-crookes/)

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> [In the background lurks the scourge of international terrorism. There are people exercising power in a few countries and leading political factions…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-thatcher/in-the-background-lurks-the-scourge-of-international-terrorism-there/)

[Margaret Thatcher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-thatcher/)

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> [At some future period, not very distant as measured by centuries, the civilised races of man will almost certainly exterminate and replace…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-darwin/at-some-future-period-not-very-distant-as-measured-by-centuries-the-2/)

[Charles Darwin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-darwin/)

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> [To play with baubles is our ambition, not to deal with grave questions in a spirit of serious energy. But while we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sri-aurobindo/to-play-with-baubles-is-our-ambition-not-to-deal-with-grave-questions/)

[Sri Aurobindo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sri-aurobindo/)

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> [The Germans, in the age of Tacitus, were unacquainted with the use of letters; and the use of letters is the principal…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-gibbon/the-germans-in-the-age-of-tacitus-were-unacquainted-with-the-use-of/)

[Edward Gibbon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-gibbon/)

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> [The permissive society has been allowed to become a dirty phrase. A better phrase is the civilised society](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roy-jenkins/the-permissive-society-has-been-allowed-to-become-a-dirty-phrase-a/)

[Roy Jenkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roy-jenkins/)

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> [The possession and the enjoyment of property are the pledges which bind a civilised people to an improved country.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-gibbon/the-possession-and-the-enjoyment-of-property-are-the-pledges-which/)

[Edward Gibbon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-gibbon/)

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> [That monstrous tuberosity of civilised life, the capital of England.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-carlyle/that-monstrous-tuberosity-of-civilised-life-the-capital-of-england/)

[Thomas Carlyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-carlyle/)

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                        "text": "The artichoke above all is the vegetable expression of civilised living, of the long view, of increasing delight by anticipation and crescendo. No wonder it was once regarded as an aphrodisiac. It had no place in the troll's world of instant gratification. It makes no appeal to the meat-and-two-veg mentality.",
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                        "text": "It is time to remind Sharon that the star of David belongs to all Jews, not to his repulsive Government. His actions are staining the star of David with blood. The Jewish people, whose gifts to civilised discourse include Einstein and Epstein, Mendelssohn and Mahler, Sergei Eisenstein and Billy Wilder, are now symbolised throughout the world by the blustering bully Ariel Sharon, a war criminal implicated in the murder of Palestinians at the Sabra and Shatila camps and now involved in killing Palestinians once again.",
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                        "text": "England and all civilised nations stand in deadly peril of not having enough to eat. As mouths multiply, food resources dwindle. Land is a limited quantity, and the land that will grow wheat is absolutely dependent on difficult and capricious natural phenomena... I hope to point a way out of the colossal dilemma. It is the chemist who must come to the rescue of the threatened communities. It is through the laboratory that starvation may ultimately be turned into plenty... The fixation of atmospheric nitrogen is one of the great discoveries, awaiting the genius of chemists.",
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                        "text": "In the background lurks the scourge of international terrorism. There are people exercising power in a few countries and leading political factions in others who seem to be moved by narrow, brutal and irrational impulses. Their view of their own self-interest is so blinkered as to leave no space for purely human values, for peaceful negotiation or for economic advancement. They are bent on the destruction of the established order and of civilised ways of doing business. They must never be allowed to succeed.",
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                        "text": "At some future period, not very distant as measured by centuries, the civilised races of man will almost certainly exterminate and replace throughout the world the savage races. At the same time the anthropomorphous apes, as Professor Schaaffhausen has remarked, will no doubt be exterminated. The break will then be rendered wider, for it will intervene between man in a more civilised state as we may hope, than the Caucasian and some ape as low as a baboon, instead of as at present between the negro or Australian and the gorilla.",
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