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"Culture is the tacit agreement to let the means of subsistence disappear behind the purpose of existence. Civilization is the subordination of the latter to the former."
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"A civilization is a heritage of beliefs, customs, and knowledge slowly accumulated in the course of centuries, elements difficult at times to justify by logic, but justifying themselves as paths when they lead somewhere, since they open up for man his inner distance."
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"This civilization is the impact of the world's consumption behavior."
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"Without civilization, we would not turn into animals, but vegetables."
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"Mankind is not likely to salvage civilization unless he can evolve a system of good and evil which is independent of heaven and hell."
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"In the world of primitive savages, religion and bigotry go hand in hand. But, in the world of civilized humans, religion and reason must go hand in hand."
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"Old people have wisdom but not energy; young people have energy but not wisdom; energy and wisdom must be in the same body to create a much better civilisation! To do this, we will either give energy to the old or we will give wisdom to the young and for now the latter seems a more plausible action!"
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"For me, politeness is a sine qua non of civilization."
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"Good breeding differs, if at all, from high breeding only as it gracefully remembers the rights of others, rather than gracefully insists on its own rights."
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"Adoration is a sign of an infant civilization."
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"A civilization is built upon the edifice of genuine human minds, not the primitive and deluded minds of barbarian apes, who in most cases read one book of opinions written hundreds or thousands of years ago and think that they have factual answers to all the questions in the world."
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"Jealousy is a dog's bark which attracts thieves."
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"Curses on the law! Most of my fellow citizens are the sorry consequences of uncommitted abortions."
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"The sound principle of a topsy-turvy lifestyle in the framework of an upside-down world order has stood every test."
Society

"The closer the look one takes at a word, the greater distance from which it looks back."
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"Democracy divides people into workers and loafers. It makes no provision for those who have no time to work."
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"Scandal begins when the police put a stop to it."
Society

"He who does without the praise of the crowd will not deny himself an opportunity to be his own adherent."
Opportunity

"Stupidity is an elemental force for which no earthquake is a match."
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"When a man is treated like a beast, he says, 'After all, I'm human.' When he behaves like a beast, he says 'After all, I'm only human.'"
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"No ideas and the ability to express them - that's a journalist."
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