Civil Service Affairs

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

    “Come, civil night,
    Thou sober-suited matron all in black.”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    “O good old man, how well in thee appears
    The constant service of the antique world,
    When service sweat for duty, not for meed!”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    “I believe no gentleman would like to have his family affairs neglected because his wife was filling her head with crotchets and pothooks, and who, because she understood a few scraps of Latin, valued that more than minding her needle or providing her husband’s dinner.”
    —Sarah Fielding (1710–1768)