Famous quotes containing the words civil, service and/or affairs:
“Come, civil night,
Thou sober-suited matron all in black.”
—William Shakespeare (15641616)
“A mans real faith is never contained in his creed, nor is his creed an article of his faith. The last is never adopted. This it is that permits him to smile ever, and to live even as bravely as he does. And yet he clings anxiously to his creed, as to a straw, thinking that that does him good service because his sheet anchor does not drag.”
—Henry David Thoreau (18171862)
“All a mans affairs become diseased when he wishes to cure evils by evils.”
—Sophocles (497406/5 B.C.)
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