Quote Genre: Civilization

Bertrand Russell – ‘To be able to fill leisure i…

‘To be able to fill leisure intelligently is the last product of civilization and at present very few people have reached this level.’

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Ambrose Gwinett Bierce – ‘SAUCE n. The one infallible …

‘SAUCE n. The one infallible sign of civilization and enlightenment. A people with no sauces has one thousand vices; a people with one sauce has only nine hundred and ninety-nine. For every sauce invented and accepted a vice is renounced … Continue reading →

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Ayn Rand – ‘Civilization is the progress…

‘Civilization is the progress toward a society of privacy. The savages whole existence is public ruled by the laws of his tribe. Civilization is the process of setting man free from men.’

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Henry Ward Beecher – ‘There can be no high civiliz…

‘There can be no high civilization where there is not ample leisure.’

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George Bancroft – ‘The exact measure of the pro…

‘The exact measure of the progress of civilization is the degree in which the intelligence of the common mind has prevailed over wealth and brute force.’

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Henry Allen – ‘It is better for civilizatio…

‘It is better for civilization to be going down the drain than to be coming up it.’

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Brian Wilson Aldiss – ‘Civilization is the distance…

‘Civilization is the distance man has placed between himself and his excreta.’

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Martin Luther King Jr. – ‘There can be no deep disappo…

‘There can be no deep disappointment where there is not deep love.’

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John Stuart Mill – ‘I am not aware that any comm…

‘I am not aware that any community has a right to force another to be civilized.’

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George Meredith – ‘I expect that Woman will be …

‘I expect that Woman will be the last thing civilized by Man!’

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