Quotes with civilized

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  • Bertrand Russell The theoretical understanding of the world, which is the aim of philosophy, is not a matter of great practical importance to animals, or to savages, or even to most civilized men.
    Bertrand Russell
    English philosopher and mathematician (1872 - 1970)
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  • Amelia Earhart There is so much that must be done in a civilized barbarism like war.
    Amelia Earhart
    American aviation pioneer and author (1897 - 1937)
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  • Elbert Hubbard This will never be a civilized country until we expend more money for books than we do for chewing gum.
    Elbert Hubbard
    American writer and publisher (1856 - 1915)
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  • Oliver Wendell Holmes To have doubted one's own first principles is the mark of a civilized man.
    Oliver Wendell Holmes
    American writer and poet (1809 - 1894)
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  • Herman Melville We may have civilized bodies and yet barbarous souls. We are blind to the real sights of this world; deaf to its voice; and dead to its death. And not till we know, that one grief outweighs ten thousand joys will we become what Christianity is striving to make us.
    Herman Melville
    American author (1819 - 1891)
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  • Owen Meredith We may live without friends; we may live without books. But civilized men cannot live without cooks.
    Owen Meredith
    British writer, critic and politician (ps. of Edward Bulwer-Lytton) (1802 - 1873)
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  • Walter Lippmann When men can no longer be theists, they must, if they are civilized, become humanists.
    Walter Lippmann
    American writer, reporter, and political commentator (1889 - 1974)
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  • Oscar Wilde With an evening coat and a white tie, anybody, even a stock broker, can gain a reputation for being civilized.
    Oscar Wilde
    Irish writer (1854 - 1900)
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  • G.W.F. Hegel The true courage of civilized nations is readiness for sacrifice in the service of the state, so that the individual counts as only one amongst many. The important thing here is not personal mettle but aligning oneself with the universal.
    G.W.F. Hegel
    German philosopher (1770 - 1831)
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