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Anyone can be a barbarian; it requires a terrible effort to remain a civilized man.
Anyone can be a barbarian; it requires a terrible effort to remain a civilized man.
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.
Civilization is the limitless multiplication of unnecessary necessities.
Civilization is the limitless multiplication of unnecessary necessities.
Civilization is the process of reducing the infinite to the finite.
Civilization is the process of reducing the infinite to the finite.
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.
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.
We must remember that any oppression, any injustice, any hatred, is a wedge designed to attack our civilization.
We must remember that any oppression, any injustice, any hatred, is a wedge designed to attack our civilization.
We veneer civilization by doing unkind things in a kind way
We veneer civilization by doing unkind things in a kind way
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.
