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Quote 2756
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 formerShowing Quotes on civilization
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Quote 2609
At some future period, not very distant as measured by centuries, the civilized races of man will almost certainly exterminate, and replace the savage races throughout the worldShowing Quotes on civilization
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Quote 2501
The personal life of every individual is based on secrecy, and perhaps it is partly for that reason that civilized man is so nervously anxious that personal privacy should be respectedShowing Quotes on civilization
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Quote 2244
Our society must make it right and possible for old people not to fear the young or be deserted by them, for the test of a civilization is the way that it cares for its helpless membersShowing Quotes on civilization
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Quote 2235
The boundary between civilization and barbarism is difficult to draw: put one ring in your nose and you are a savage, put two rings in your ears and you are civilized.Showing Quotes on civilization
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The right to be alone, the most comprehensive of rights, and the right most valued by civilized manShowing Quotes on civilization
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Quote 622
Taxes are the price that we pay for a civilized societyShowing Quotes on civilization
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Quote 358
You can't say that civilization don't advance, however, for in every war they kill you in a new way.Showing Quotes on civilization
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Quote 254
The first human who hurled an insult instead of a stone was the founder of civilizationShowing Quotes on civilization
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