Civil Service Affairs

Famous quotes containing the words civil, service and/or affairs:

    “Standards of conduct appropriate to civil society or the workings of a democracy cannot be purely and simply applied to the Church.”
    —Joseph Ratzinger (b. 1927)

    “You had to face your ends when young
    ‘Twas wine or women, or some curse
    But never made a poorer song
    That you might have a heavier purse,
    Nor gave loud service to a cause
    That you might have a troop of friends.”
    —William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)

    “Since the affairs of men rest still incertain,
    Let’s reason with the worst that may befall.”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)