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civilization luxury selfishness
A semi-civilized state of society, equally removed from the extremes of barbarity and of refinement, seems to be that particular meridian under which all the reciprocities and gratuities of hospitality do most readily flourish and abound. For it so happens that the ease, the luxury, and the abundance of the highest state of civilization, are as productive of selfishness, as the difficulties, the privations, and the sterilities of he lowest. Charles Caleb Colton
civilization saws ends
I saw someone peeing in Jermym Street the other day. I thought, is this the end of civilization as we know it? Or is it simply someone peeing in Jermyn Street? Alan Bennett
civilization solitude going-out
Modern civilization is so complex as to make the devotional life all but impossible. It wears us out by multiplying distractions and beats us down by destroying our solitude, where otherwise we might drink and renew our strength before going out to face the world again. Aiden Wilson Tozer
civilization doubt moral
I have no doubt that historians will conclude that we of the twentieth century had intelligence enough to create a great civilization but not the moral wisdom to preserve it.
civilization stuff jingles
Freedom!- is the fatuous jingle of our civilization, but only those deprived of it have the barest inkling re: what the stuff actually is. David Mitchell
civilization creating alternatives
It's a difficult business, creating a new, alternative civilization. David Graeber
civilization climate-change humans
More than any other time in history, the 1990s will be a turning point for human civilization. David Suzuki
civilization age generations
Generations do not age. Every youth of any period, any civilization, has the same possibilities as always. Cesare Pavese
civilization savages fragility
They do not understand the fragility of civilization and the constant nearness of savage nature. Camille Paglia
tendencies
I don't think it's that simple. But historically, there have been some 'copycat' tendencies in the league. Ray Anderson
tendencies aggression clear
The extent to which human aggression exemplifies innate tendencies is not clear. B. F. Skinner
tendencies exaggeration traits
A tendency to exaggeration was a Roman trait. Edith Hamilton
tendencies impulse
ALL IMPULSES OF THOUGHT HAVE A TENDENCY TO CLOTHE THEMSELVES IN THEIR PHYSICAL EQUIVALENT. Napoleon Hill
tendencies states fetish
To call the State an organism shows a diseased tendency to make a fetish of words. Emma Goldman
tendencies bigger projects
I have a tendency toward being a micromanager. Which, the bigger the project you're involved in, the harder that becomes. Christine Quinn
tendencies
I have a tendency toward being a micromanager.
tendencies
I don't have sociopathic tendencies! Emily VanCamp
tendencies depressive vigilant
I'm constantly having to be vigilant with a depressive tendency, an addictive tendency. Patrick Marber
monarchy string ties
Monarchy is only the string that ties the robber's bundle. Percy Bysshe Shelley
monarchy labor industry
The monarchy is a labor intensive industry. Harold Wilson
monarchy stills corpses
The monarchy is finished. It was finished a while ago, but they're still making the corpses dance. Sue Townsend