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    ...each new generation born is in effect an invasion of civilization by little barbarians, who must be civilized before it is too late.

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It is not at all simple to understand the simple.

It is not at all simple to understand the simple.

by Eric Hoffer Found in: Society Quotes,
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Marke it welle,There are flowers, and there are weeds-But mostly weeds.

Marke it welle,There are flowers, and there are weeds-But mostly weeds.

by Scott Orville Bergren Found in: Society Quotes,
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...everything is too important ever to be entrusted to professional experts, because every organization of such professionals and every established read more

...everything is too important ever to be entrusted to professional experts, because every organization of such professionals and every established social organization becomes a vested-interest institution more concerned with its efforts to maintain itself or advance its own interests than to achieve the purpose that society expects it to achieve.

by Carroll Quigley Found in: Society Quotes,
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There are so many men and women who hold no distinctive positions but whose contribution towards the development of society read more

There are so many men and women who hold no distinctive positions but whose contribution towards the development of society has been enormous.

by Nelson Mandela Found in: Society Quotes,
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The only meaning of life worth caring about is one that can withstand our best efforts to examine it.

The only meaning of life worth caring about is one that can withstand our best efforts to examine it.

by Daniel C. Dennett Found in: Society Quotes,
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The supreme irony of life is that no one gets out of it alive.

The supreme irony of life is that no one gets out of it alive.

by Robert Heinlein Found in: Society Quotes,
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Society is like air; very high up, it is sublimated--too low down, a perfect choke-damp.

Society is like air; very high up, it is sublimated--too low down, a perfect choke-damp.

by Anon. Found in: Society Quotes,
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Anyone can see a forest fire. Skill lies in sniffing the first smoke.

Anyone can see a forest fire. Skill lies in sniffing the first smoke.

by Robert Heinlein Found in: Society Quotes,
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There may be said to be two classes of people in the world: those who constantly divide the people of read more

There may be said to be two classes of people in the world: those who constantly divide the people of the world into two classes, and those who do not.

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