Civilized people must, I believe, satisfy the following criteria: They respect human beings as individuals and are therefore always tolerant, gentle, courteous and amenable......They do not create scenes over a hammer or a mislaid eraser; they do not make you feel they are conferring a great benefit on you when they live with you, and they dont make a scandal when they leave. They have compassion for other people besides beggars and cats. Their hearts suffer the pain of what is hidden to the naked eye. They respect other peoples property, and therefore pay their debts & dont force their Freedom of Choice on others They are not devious, and they fear lies as they fear fire. They dont tell lies even in the most trivial matters. To lie to someone is to insult them, and the liar is diminished in the eyes of the person he lies to. Civilized people dont put on airs; they behave in the street as they would at home, they dont show off to impress their chums They dont run themselves down in order to provoke the sympathy of others. They dont play on other peoples heartstrings to be sighed over and cosseted ... that sort of thing is just cheap striving for effects, its vulgar, old shite and false. They are not vain. They dont waste time with the fake jewellery of hobnobbing with half Sirs & two quarter Sirs, being permitted to shake the hand of a drunken ego driven paper shuffler, the exaggerated bonhomie of the first person they meet at the Salon, being the life and soul of the bar ... and they dont boast of being able to gain admission to places other people arent allowed in ? True talent always sits in the shade, mingles with the crowd, avoids the limelight, the empty barrel makes more noise than the full one. Still waters run deep ! If they do possess talent, they value it, They take pride in it. They know they have a responsibility to exert a civilizing influence on others rather than aimlessly hanging out with them. And they are fastidious in their habits. They work at developing their aesthetic sensibility ... Civilized people dont simply obey their baser instincts ... they require mens sana in corpore sano. And so on. Thats what civilized people are like ... Reading Sonberg, and learning a speech from Faust by heart is not enough if your aim is to become a truly civilized person and not to sink below the level of your surroundings. Everybody is a political person, whether you say something or you are silent. A political attitude is not whether you go to parliament; its how you deal with your life, with your surroundings. YOU REPRESENT YOURSELF !!!
Posted on: Sat, 27 Sep 2014 18:56:11 +0000
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