It's just that I feel awkward passing on civilisation down to our children - Roy Harper
If you look closely at the fabric of civilisation which overlays the passions of this race, you will discover it held together with tiny rows of thread stitched by the hands of anonymous folk - Bill Moyers
If a man be gracious and courteous to strangers, it shows he is a citizen of the world - Francis Bacon {1561-1626 British Philosopher & Politician}
I find it sad that by not talking about who I sleep with, that makes me mysterious. There was a time when I would have been called a gentleman - Kevin Spacey
I appreciate people who are civil, whether they mean it or not. I think: Be civil. Do not cherish your opinion over my feelings. There's a vanity to candor that isn't really worth it. Be kind - Richard Greenberg
Courtesies of a small and trivial character are the ones which strike deepest in the grateful and appreciating heart - Henry Clay
Civilisation came through two things chiefly: the home, which developed those social dispositions that form the psychological cement of society; and agriculture, which took man from his wandering life as hunter, herder, and killer, and settled him long enough in one place to let him build homes, schools, churches, colleges, universities, civilisation. But it was woman who gave man agriculture and the home; she domesticated man as she had domesticated the sheep and the pig. Man is woman's last domestic animal, and perhaps he is the last creature that will be civilised by woman. The task is just begun - Will Durant, 1885-1981
A good cheese trolley is almost the highest peak of civilisation - AA Gill
A civilisation flourishes when people plant trees under which they will never sit - Greek Proverb