What I meant by civilization when I invented it, was simply that people ought not to take advantage of weakness – not violate maidens, and rob widows, and kill a man when he was down. People ought to be civil.
 T. H. White, The Once and Future King (1958). copy citation

add
Author T. H. White
Source The Once and Future King
Topic weakness civilization
Date 1958
Language English
Reference
Note
Weblink