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Quotations about civility

Samuel JohnsonA man has no more right to say an un-civil thing than to act one; no more right to say a rude thing to another than to knock him down.

 - Samuel Johnson

Tags:   behavior  civility  courtesy  rudeness  

David HumeAmong the arts of conversation no one pleases more than mutual deference or civility, which leads us to resign our own inclinations to those of our companions, and to curb and conceal that presumption and arrogance so natural to the human mind.

 - David Hume

Tags:   arrogance  civility  conversation