Character Quote by Alexander Pope

We know that passion, prejudice, party, and even good-will, tempt many who preserve a fair character with the world to deviate from truth in…

— Laurence Fishburne

“Civility is just lying to people about your true feelings. Hiding for personal gain. Popular people, well, they're just the best liars.”

— Rick Remender

I don't like words coming out of a character's mouth that I adore because not only is he a little bit duplicitous but he's…

— Robert Downey, Jr

There are people who balk at small civilities on account of their manifest insincerity. ... It is better and more logical to accept all…

— Agnes Repplier

We were wrong when we defined 'civility' as saying the wrong things the right way.

— Karine Jean-Pierre

There is nothing so delightful as the hearing, or the speaking of truth. For this reason, there is no conversation so agreeable as that…

— Plato

Unfortunately civility is hard to codify or legislate, but you know it when you see it. It's possible to disagree without being disagreeable.

— Sandra Day O'Connor

When people talk, they lay lines on each other, do a lot of role playing, sidestep, shilly-shally and engage in all manner of vagueness…

— Steven Pinker

Conversation succeeds conversation, Until there's nothing left to talk about Except truth, the perennial monologue, And no talker to dispute it but itself.

— Laura Riding

John Stuart Mill, in his wonderful 1859 book On Liberty, talks about civility. And this is why you should always be concerned about calls…

— Greg Lukianoff

Truthfulness is the main element of character.

— Brian Tracy

“In conversation we are sometimes confused by the tone of our own voice, and mislead to make assertions that do not at all correspond…

— Friedrich Nietzsche