Quotes about Civilisation

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Old people have wisdom but not energy; young people have energy but not wisdom; energy and wisdom must be in the same bo — Mehmet Murat ildan
There is a great deal of ruin in a nation. — Adam Smith, Correspondence
Civilized society is perpetually menaced with disintegration through this primary hostility of men towards one another. — Sigmund Freud
In every civilized society, there is an established institution put in place to design laws that make people live civili — Sunday Adelaja, The Mountain of Ignorance
Those who looked with revulsion at the oppressive might of her arms, were obliged to marvel at the egalitarian nature of — A.H. Septimius, Crowns Of Amara: The Return Of The Oracle
The European talks of progress because by the aid of a few scientific discoveries he has established a society which has — Benjamin Disraeli
And I'll close by saying this. Because anti-Semitism is the godfather of racism and the gateway to tyranny and fascism a — Christopher Hitchens
As he grew older, which was mostly in my absence, my firstborn son, Alexander, became ever more humorous and courageous. — Christopher Hitchens, Hitch-22: A Memoir
Music in war is a candle in the darkness — it is a kindness in the Land of Rudeness
But still. It has to end sometime. Wars always do. Everything has to end,' said Josephine, eating another ginger biscuit — Sophia McDougall, Mars Evacuees
I thought I was getting away from politics for a while. But I now realise that the vuvuzela is to these World Cup blogs — Richard Calland
This week, Zuma was quoted as saying, 'When the British came to our country, they said everything we are doing was barba — Mark Gevisser
His themes were not pride and love at all, though he used the words perpetually; as he used them they meant self-praise — Ursula K. Le Guin, The Left Hand of Darkness
There's a certain amount of ambiguity in my background, what with intermarriages and conversions, but under various read — Christopher Hitchens, Hitch-22: A Memoir
We are a pluralist civilisation because we allow mosques to be built in our countries, and we are not going to stop simp — Umberto Eco
The two main criminals are France and the United States. They owe Haiti enormous reparations because of actions going ba — Noam Chomsky, Imperial Ambitions: Conversations on the Post-9/11 World
It is no coincidence that, on all four sides, in all four corners, the borders of the Roman Empire stopped where wine co — Neel Burton
Conversations were struck up between strangers, regular diners as well as infrequent customers, as if united by a sense — Simon Bradley, The Railways: Nation, Network and People
One religion, one civilisation, above all is Love and Humanity, respectively. — Vikrmn, Corpkshetra
To save our dying earth, any government which is not environmentalist must go because on earth there are thousands of go — Mehmet Murat ildan