Quotes with civilization

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  • E. M. Cioran A civilization is destroyed only when its gods are destroyed.
    E. M. Cioran
    French-Romanian philosopher (1911 - 1995)
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  • Bill Walton But you have to understand, my beard is so nasty. I mean, it's the only beard in the history of Western civilization that makes Bob Dylan's beard look good.
    Bill Walton
    American basketball player (1952 - )
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  • Amos Bronson Alcott Civilization degrades the many to exalt the few.
    Amos Bronson Alcott
    American educator and social reformer (1799 - 1888)
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  • Wallace Stevens Civilization must be destroyed. The hairy saints of the North have earned this crumb by their complaints.
    Wallace Stevens
    American poet (1879 - 1955)
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  • John F. Kennedy I see little of more importance to the future of our country and of civilization than full recognition of the place of the artist. If art is to nourish the roots of our culture, society must set the artist free to follow his vision wherever it takes him.
    John F. Kennedy
    American politician (1917 - 1963)
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  • Ambrose Bierce In our civilization, and under our republican form of government, intelligence is so highly honored that it is rewarded by exemption from the cares of office.
    Ambrose Bierce
    American writer (1842 - 1914)
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  • Ambrose Bierce Inventor: A person who makes an ingenious arrangement of wheels, levers and springs, and believes it civilization.
    Ambrose Bierce
    American writer (1842 - 1914)
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  • Helen Keller It is not possible for civilization to flow backwards while there is youth in the world. Youth may be headstrong, but it will advance it allotted length.
    Helen Keller
    American writer (1880 - 1968)
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  • Ludwig Wittgenstein Our civilization is characterized by the word ''progress.'' Progress is its form rather than making progress being one of its features. Typically it constructs. It is occupied with building an ever more complicated structure. And even clarity is sought only
    Ludwig Wittgenstein
    Austrian - English philosopher (1889 - 1951)
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  • Simone Weil The contemporary form of true greatness lies in a civilization founded on the spirituality of work.
    Simone Weil
    French philosopher (1909 - 1943)
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