You May Also Like / View all maxioms
A civilization is built on what is required of men, not on that which is provided for them.
A civilization is built on what is required of men, not on that which is provided for them.
In the advance of civilization, it is new knowledge which paves the way, and the pavement is eternal.
In the advance of civilization, it is new knowledge which paves the way, and the pavement is eternal.
Mankind's struggle upwards, in which millions are trampled to death, that thousands may mount on their bodies.
Mankind's struggle upwards, in which millions are trampled to death, that thousands may mount on their bodies.
Civilization is the order and freedom promoting cultural activity.
Civilization is the order and freedom promoting cultural activity.
You can't say civilization don't advance... in every war they kill you in a new way.
You can't say civilization don't advance... in every war they kill you in a new way.
America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between.
America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between.
A nation or civilization that continues to produce soft-minded men purchases its own spiritual death on an installment plan.
A nation or civilization that continues to produce soft-minded men purchases its own spiritual death on an installment plan.
The end of the human race will be that it will eventually die of civilization.
The end of the human race will be that it will eventually die of civilization.
The three great elements of modern civilization, Gunpowder, Printing, and the Protestant Religion.
The three great elements of modern civilization, Gunpowder, Printing, and the Protestant Religion.
