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"The ultimate tendency of civilization is towards barbarism."
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"Civilization is a product of the cerebral cortex."
"Progress in civilization has been accompanied by progress in cookery."
"What do I think of Western civilization? I think it would be a very good idea."
"By vulgarity I mean that vice of civilization which makes man ashamed of himself and his next of kin, and pretend to be somebody else."
"A modern civilization is only possible when it is accepted that singular beings exist and express themselves freely."
"Anglo-Saxon civilization has taught the individual to protect his own rights; American civilization will teach him to respect the rights of others."
"Barbarians always think of themselves as the bringers of civilization."
"The prevalence of suicide, without doubt, is a test of height in civilization; it means that the population is winding up its nervous and intellectual system to the utmost point of tension and that sometimes it snaps."
"Slavery is the first step towards civilization. In order to develop it is necessary that things should be much better for some and much worse for others, then those who are better off can develop at the expense of others."
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"Weak minds sink under prosperity as well as adversity; but strong and deep ones have two high tides."
"Sudden resolutions, like the sudden rise of mercury in a barometer, indicate little else than the variability of the weather."
"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."
"The poetry from the eighteenth century was prose; the prose from the seventeenth century was poetry."
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