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"The ultimate tendency of civilization is towards barbarism."
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"When they speak, dead frogs fall out of their mouths."
Frogs
"No one but a fool is always right."
Fool
"The ultimate tendency of civilization is towards barbarism."
Civilization
"Nothing is further than earth from heaven, and nothing is nearer than heaven to earth."
Earth
"Purity is the feminine, truth the masculine of honor."
Truth
"Some people carry their heart in their head and some carry their head in their heart. The trick is to keep them apart yet working together."
People
"Sudden resolutions, like the sudden rise of mercury in a barometer, indicate little else than the variability of the weather."
Mercury
"Smiles are the language of love."
Love
"Poetry is the key to the hieroglyphics of nature."
Nature
"In oratory the will must predominate."
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"This grimy fragment of another world, the forerunner of change, of conquest, of trade, of massacres, of blessings....the merry dance of death and trade goes on."
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"The first human who hurled an insult instead of a stone was the founder of civilization."
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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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"A civilized man is one who will give a serious answer to a serious question. Civilization itself is a certain sane balance of values."
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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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"Civilization is communication. When that which should be expressed and transmitted is lost, civilization comes to an end."
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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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"What do I think of Western civilization? I think it would be a very good idea."
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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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