Quotes About Civility

Civilizirani ljudi neugodniji su od divljaka zato Å¡to znaju da mogu biti nepristojni, a da im zbog toga netko ne raspolovi glavu.

He saw no particular humor in it, and was too new to civilization to understand its discourtesies. Civilized men are more discourteous than savages because they know they can be impolite without having their skulls split, as a general thing. He was bewildered and chagrined, and doubtless would have slunk away, abashed, but the Kothian chose

los hombres civilizados son más descorteses que los salvajes, pues saben que por lo general pueden ser maleducados sin que nadie les abra la cabeza. Se

A winning wave, deserving note,In the tempestuous petticoat,A careless shoestring, in whose tieI see a wild civility,Do more bewitch me than when artIs too precise in every part.

The common denominator among all these purveyors of insults, disrespect, and hate is a lack of eye contact with their targets—which seems to be the main reason that online assholes feel so unfettered by the empathy, guilt, and plain old civility that might stop or slow their wrath during face-to-face interactions.

you can say whatever you want so long as you say it with respect.

Sé siempre amable».

Este imposibil s? aperi conving?tor cultura înalt? în faÅ£a unei persoane total lipsite de cultur?.

Washington was taciturn, once advising his adopted grandson, "It is best to be silent, for there is nothing more certain than that it is at all times more easy to make enemies than friends.

Sea respetuoso. —De acuerdo. —Sea educado. Fuera del puesto estamos en sus manos. Es una jurisdicción civil. —Los civiles me son familiares. En una ocasión, conocí a uno.

Nice is good. It doesn't sound exciting, but think about it. I think Mr. Perfect would be kind to kids and animals, help old ladies across the street, not insult you when your opinion is different from his. Being nice is so important it's close to being number one.

Society cannot exist without etiquette ... It never has, and until our own century, everybody knew that.

The day we learn to allow an ambulance to pass through in traffic, might be the first step towards being a truly responsible society.

An armed society is a polite society.

Familiarity is a suspension of almost all the laws of civility, which libertinism has introduced into society under the notion of ease.

A first class system of early childhood education is the hallmark of a caring and civilized society.

The nature and extent of profanity and vulgarity in our society is a measure of its deterioration.

Intolerance, discourtesy and harshness..... are taboo in all good society and are surely contrary to the spirit of democracy.

The measure of a society can be how well its people treat its animals

Though we disagree, we should not be disagreeable.

If my account of our moral condition is correct, we ought also to conclude that for some time now we too have reached that turning point. What matters at this stage is the construction of local forms of community within which civility and the intellectual and moral life can be sustained through the new dark ages which are already upon us.

Angus thought about this. She was right. That was why our national conversation was so bad. Courtesy had been abandoned in favour of the put-down, the attack, the calculated sound bite. What sort of national conversation was that? The answer came to him immediately: none.

There is a marked decline in something we value. It's the destruction of civility, said the Duke. Twenty years ago, people may have had their differences of opinion - of course they did- but they did not abuse one another for it. They respected those with whom they disagreed. They spoke courteously.

It's the destruction of civility," said the Duke. "Twenty years ago, people may have had their differences of opinion – of course they did – but they did not abuse one another for it. They respected those with whom they disagreed. They spoke courteously.