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  • Oscar Wilde Civilization is not by any means an easy thing to attain to. There are only two ways by which man can reach it. One is by being cultured, the other by being corrupt.
    Oscar Wilde
    Irish writer (1854 - 1900)
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  • Ayn Rand Civilization is the progress toward a society of privacy. The savage's whole existence is public, ruled by the laws of his tribe. Civilization is the process of setting man free from men.
    Ayn Rand
    Russian Writer, Philosopher (1905 - 1982)
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  • Arthur Keith Civilization, we shall find, like Universalism and Christianity, is anti evolutionary in its effects; it works against the laws and conditions which regulated the earlier stages of man's ascent.
    Arthur Keith
    Scottish anatomist and anthropologist (1866 - 1952)
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  • Cyril Connolly Classical and romantic: private language of a family quarrel, a dead dispute over the distribution of emphasis between man and nature.
    Cyril Connolly
    British criticus (1903 - 1974)
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  • Thomas Otway Clocks will go as they are set, but man, irregular man, is never constant, never certain.
    Thomas Otway
    English dramatist (1652 - 1685)
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  • Victor Hugo Close by the Rights of Man, at the least set beside them, are the Rights of the Spirit.
    Victor Hugo
    French writer (1802 - 1885)
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  • Henry Ward Beecher Clothes and manners do not make the man; but when he is made, they greatly improve his appearance
    Henry Ward Beecher
    American Congregationalist clergyman, social reformer, and speaker (1813 - 1887)
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  • Babe Ruth Cobb is a prick. But he sure can hit. God Almighty, that man can hit.
    Babe Ruth
    American professional baseball player (1895 - 1948)
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  • John Sterling Colors answer feeling in man; shapes answer thought; and motion answers will.
    John Sterling
    Scottish author (1938 - )
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  • Sir Philip Sidney Come Sleep! Oh Sleep, the certain knot of peace, the baiting-place of wit, the balm of woe, the poor man's wealth, the prisoner's release, the indifferent judge between the high and low.
    Sir Philip Sidney
    British Author, Courtier (1554 - 1586)
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  • Ralph Waldo Emerson Commerce is of trivial import; love, faith, truth of character, the aspiration of man, these are sacred.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson
    American poet and philosopher (1803 - 1882)
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  • E. B. White Commuter - one who spends his life in riding to and from his wife; And man who shaves and takes a train, and then rides back to shave again.
    E. B. White
    American writer (1899 - 1985)
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  • Andrew Carnegie Concentrate your energies, your thoughts and your capital. The wise man puts all his eggs in one basket and watches the basket.
    Andrew Carnegie
    American industrialist (1835 - 1919)
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  • Pythagoras Concern should drive us into action and not into a depression. No man is free who cannot control himself.
    Pythagoras
    Greek philosopher (580 - 504)
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  • Malcolm X Concerning non-violence: it is criminal to teach a man not to defend himself when he is the constant victim of brutal attacks.
    Malcolm X
    American activist (1925 - 1965)
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  • Vincent Van Gogh Conscience is a man's compass.
    Vincent Van Gogh
    Dutch painter (1853 - 1890)
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  • James Freeman Clarke Conscience is the root of all true courage; if a man would be brave let him obey his conscience.
    James Freeman Clarke
    American theologian and author (1810 - 1888)
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  • John Fowles Content is a word unknown to life; it is also a word unknown to man.
    John Fowles
    English novelist (1926 - 2005)
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  • James Whitcomb Riley Continuous, unflagging effort, persistence and determination will win. Let not the man be discouraged who has these.
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  • Archibald Macleish Conventional wisdom notwithstanding, there is no reason either in football or in poetry why the two should not meet in a man's life if he has the weight and cares about the words.
    Archibald Macleish
    American poet (1892 - 1982)
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