John F. Kennedy
Politician
"Civility is not a sign of weakness."
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Civility
48 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
Charles Dickens
Novelist
"The civility which money will purchase, is rarely extended to those who have none."
Michel de Montaigne
Philosopher, Writer
"I have often seen people uncivil by too much civility, and tiresome in their courtesy."
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Essayist, Philosopher, Poet
"The civility of no race can be perfect whilst another race is degraded."
William Shakespeare
Playwright, Poet
"The thorny point Of bare distress hath ta'en from me the show Of smooth civility; yet am I inland bred And know some nurture."
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"Familiarity is a suspension of almost all the laws of civility, which libertinism has introduced into society under the notion of ease."
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"The highest proof of civility is that the whole public action of the State is directed on securing the greatest good of the greatest number."
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"Our relationship now thoroughly ruined, with even civility destroyed between us, all I wanted anymore was the door."
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"Civility is a desire to receive civilities, and to be accounted well-bred."
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"Civility also requires relearning how to disagree without being disagreeable. Surely you can question my policies without questioning my faith or, for that matter, my citizenship."
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"There is nothing costs less than civility."
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"German civility, which often seems stiff to us, shows an attentive and touching respect for the person that I often prefer to our offhandedness."
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"The reciprocal civility of authors is one of the most risible scenes in the farce of life."
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"The civilities of the great are never thrown away."
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"Nothing costs less nor is cheaper than compliments of civility."
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