Civility Quote by Jamie Arpin-Ricci Download Open image ““A sweetened poison may go down more easily but will kill you just as surely.”” — Jamie Arpin-Ricci ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5.0 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare Civility Dishonesty Hypocrisy Politeness Pretense
“Not all poison was bitter. Some of the deadliest poisons in the world tasted sweet; they were that much more dangerous because of it.” — Nenia Campbell Copy Share Image
“A little poison now and then: that maketh pleasant dreams. And much poison at last for a pleasant death.” — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
“Then you should be as willing. I know how poison fascinates you. Surely dying from it will fascinate you, too.” Leaning closer, I hiss,… — Maryrose Wood Copy Share Image
“There is no substance which is not a poison; all are poisonous. Only the dose determines.” — Philippus Theophrastus Copy Share Image
“The vessel that holds poison becomes equally poisonous. When you are angry at someone, remember, you suffer the most.” — Shubha Vilas Copy Share Image
“If you poison us, do we not die? And if you wrong us, shall we not revenge?” — Sara Shepard Copy Share Image
“...It is no less impossible for us not to taste as bitter the death of those whose life for us was such a source… — Augustine of Hippo Copy Share Image
“The problem is not that people are called to die to their sin, but rather that too many Christians are lined up with hammer… — Jamie Arpin-Ricci Copy Share Image
“An act of unconscious discrimination that is the result of social conditioning is still intentional if not conscious.” — Jamie Arpin-Ricci Copy Share Image
“Justice names both the wound and the weapon, even when they reside in the same person.” — Jamie Arpin-Ricci Copy Share Image
“Oppression cannot teach justice. That task belongs to empathy.” — Jamie Arpin-Ricci Copy Share Image
“It's not enough for us to mourn and resist the suffering and oppression of 2SLGBTQIA+ folks. We must also dare to imagine a world… — Jamie Arpin-Ricci Copy Share Image
There is nothing that we can properly call our own but our time, and yet everybody fools us out of it who has a mind to do it. If a man borrows a paltry sum of money, there must needs be bonds and securities, and every common civility is presently charged upon account. But he who has my time thinks… — Seneca the Younger Copy Share
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 Copy Share Image
Martha Stewart contributes more to our civility than the Baptist Church. — Dave Hickey Copy Share Image
The Second World War had a precipitating effect in that it discredited the empires, as well as bankrupting them. Not only could you no longer, if you were a colonial subject of France in Africa, look to France as a model of power and influence and civility after what had happened in the war. Nor could the French any longer… — Tony Judt Copy Share
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 Copy Share Image
They parted at last with mutual civility, and possibly a mutual desire of never meeting again. — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“Never in England were there so many gentlemen and so little gentleness.” — C.J. Sansom Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
A good word is an easy obligation; but not to speak ill requires only our silence, which costs us nothing. — John Tillotson Copy Share Image
[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 Copy Share Image
Sanctions alone could not stop Iran's nuclear program. But they did help bring Iran to the negotiating table. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image