Civilised Quotes

Will Durant, Ariel Durant (1939). “The Story of Civilization: The life of Greece; being a history of Greek civilization from the beginnings, and of civilization in the Near East from the death of Alexander, to the Roman conquest; with an introduction on the prehistoric culture of Crete”
Anthony Burgess (2013). “A Clockwork Orange: Restored Edition”, p.54, Penguin UK
That monstrous tuberosity of civilised life, the capital of England.
Thomas Carlyle (1831). “Sartor Resartus: The life and opinions of Herr Teufelsdröckh in three books: By Thomas Carlyle”, p.167