Civility Quote by John Smeaton

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

“Elizabeth received them with all the forbearance of civility”

— Jane Austen

“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

[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