- Men
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- Nov 07, 2020
Civilization Quotes
Thoughts on what societies leave behind.
These lines take a wide view of civilization, from questioning claims about lost ancient cultures to noting how useful ideas can curdle over time. Related reading includes History quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
The love of domination and an uncontrolled lust of arbitrary power have prevailed among all nations and perhaps in proportion to the degrees of civilization.
- Ideas
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think it's motivating and exalting when we defend ideas that are at the foundation of western civilization.
- Our
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- Nov 07, 2020
In our rich consumers' civilization we spin cocoons around ourselves and get possessed by our possessions.
- Attention
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- Nov 07, 2020
The condition of the tribes which occupy the country set apart for them in the West is highly prosperous, and encourages the hope of their early civilization. They have for the most part abandoned the hunter state and turned their attention to agricultural pursuits.
- Money
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- Nov 07, 2020
What most people don't seem to realize is that there is just as much money to be made out of the wreckage of a civilization as from the upbuilding of one.
- My Own
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have been obsequious toward Western civilization, exaggerating its merits and, at the same time, exaggerating my own merits.
- Difficult
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's very difficult to marry into another civilization.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020