the veneer of civilization is exceedingly thin — Karin Tansek
the veneer of civilization is exceedingly thin — Karin Tansek
the veneer of civilization is exceedingly thin — Karin Tansek
the veneer of civilization is exceedingly thin — Karin Tansek
the veneer of civilization is exceedingly thin — Karin Tansek
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the veneer of civilization is exceedingly thin

— Karin Tansek
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You can never destroy the barbarian culture of hatred, violence, and death by killing barbarians. You have to destroy th — Debasish Mridha
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In the middle of nowhere, a trunk heavy with gold is a burden, not treasure. — A.J. Gallant
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[O]ne person's 'barbarian' is another person's 'just doing what everybody else is doing. — Susan Sontag, Regarding the Pain of Others
The modern man is usually in a hurry to get to a destination from which he will sooner or later suffer from and at times — Mokokoma Mokhonoana
Youths of the Pellaians and of the Macedonians and of the Hellenic Amphictiony and of the Lakedaimonians and of the Cori — Alexander the Great
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