British Civil

Famous quotes containing the words british and/or civil:

    “Like the British Constitution, she owes her success in practice to her inconsistencies in principle.”
    —Thomas Hardy (1840–1928)

    “There is reason in the distinction of civil and uncivil. The manners are sometimes so rough a rind that we doubt whether they cover any core or sap-wood at all.”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)