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Civilization is the process of reducing the infinite to the finite.
Civilization is the process of reducing the infinite to the finite.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Civilization is not a burden. It is an opportunity.
Civilization is not a burden. It is an opportunity.
You can't say civilization isn't advancing: in every war, they kill you in a new way.
You can't say civilization isn't advancing: in every war, they kill you in a new way.
Civilization is the limitless multiplication of unnecessary necessities.
Civilization is the limitless multiplication of unnecessary necessities.
Civilization had too many rules for me, so I did my best to rewrite them.
Civilization had too many rules for me, so I did my best to rewrite them.
