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"The true law of the race is progress and development. Whenever civilization pauses in the march of conquest, it is overthrown by the barbarian."
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"The more rapidly a civilization progresses, the sooner it dies for another to rise in its place."
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"The sovereign state has in our times become a lethal danger to human civilization because technical developments enable it to employ an infinite number and variety of means of destruction."
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"Tolerance is held to be a condition of mind which is encouraged by, and is necessary for, civilization."
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"Education is not the amount of information that is pushed into the brain and causes havoc there, undigested all through a lifetime. Education must be a symposium of life-building, character- making and assimilation of ideas in the pursuit of building a more harmonious, peaceful and truly civilized world."
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"If this is called civilization, then I am afraid humanity is no more civilized than the Tyrannosaurus Rex."
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"It is what you do from now on that will either move our civilization forward a few tiny steps, or else... begin to march us steadily backward."
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"Science is a trigger of changes of civilization. Religion is the failsafe of science performance."
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"People in this civilization are starving in the middle of plenty. This is a civilization that is going down, not because it hasn't got the knowledge that would save it, but because nobody will use the knowledge."
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"Right now, there's the illusion of order and civilization, but there's a tremendous amount of economic tension in this country and the educational system is constantly eroding."
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"There is nothing more savage than modern civilization."
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"He who would acquire fame must not show himself afraid of censure. The dread of censure is the death of genius."
Death
"Not in sorrow freely is never to open the bosom to the sweets of the sunshine."
Grief
"Tact is one of the first mental virtues, the absence of it is fatal to the best talent."
Talent
"Neither praise or blame is the object of true criticism. Justly to discriminate, firmly to establish, wisely to prescribe, and honestly to award. These are the true aims and duties of criticism."
Blame
"Most men remember obligations, but are not often likely to be grateful; the proud are made sour by the remembrance and the vain silent."
Man
"The dread of criticism is the death of genius."
Death
"I believe that economists put decimal points in their forecasts to show they have a sense of humor."
Humor
"The true law of the race is progress and development. Whenever civilization pauses in the march of conquest, it is overthrown by the barbarian."
Civilization
"The only true source of politeness is consideration."
Courtesy
"Tears are the natural penalties of pleasure. It is a law that we should pay for all that we enjoy."
Law
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