Famous quotes containing the words earth and/or civil:
“Of all things upon earth that bleed and grow,
A herb most bruised is woman.”
—Euripides (c. 480–406 B.C.)
“If I thought that I could speak with discrimination and impartiality of the nations of Christendom, I should praise them, but it tasks me too much. They seem to be the most civil and humane, but I may be mistaken.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)