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Civilization Quotes

"Our civilization depends critically on the idea of at least one positive truth"

"The first human who hurled an insult instead of a stone was the founder of civilization."

"There is no document of civilization which is not at the same time a document of barbarism"

"The great advances of civilization whether in architecture or painting in science or literature in industry or agriculture have never come from centralized government"

"The foundation of empire is art and science "

"We may have civilized bodies and yet barbarous souls"

"Without words, without writing and without books there would be no history, there could be no concept of humanity"

"Little else is requisite to carry a state to the highest degree of opulence from the lowest barbarism but peace, easy taxes, and a tolerable administration of justice"

"The trail of the human serpent is over everything."

"Men become civilized, not in proportion to their willingness to believe, but in proportion to their readiness to doubt."

"Our civilization is flinging itself to pieces. Stand back from the centrifuge."

"Without memory, there is no culture. Without memory, there would be no civilization, no society, no future."

"Civilization begins with order, grows with liberty, and dies with chaos"

"Beauty has no obvious use; nor is there any clear cultural necessity for it. Yet civilization could not do without it."

"The spread of civilization may be likened to a fire; first, a feeble spark, next a flickering flame, then a mighty blaze, ever increasing in speed and power"

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