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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
birth-control firsts poor
Marie Stopes had established the first birth control clinic in Britain; the whole question of informing women, especially those who were poor, about methods of contraception, began to be discussed. Dora Russell
birth-control birth objections
The commonest objection to birth control is that it is against nature. Bertrand Russell
birth-control social function
Birth-control is effecting, and promising to effect, many functions in our social life. Havelock Ellis
birth-control birth form
He squinted at me. "What are you wearing? Is that some new form of birth control? Janet Evanovich
birth-control earth sin
[W]e declare it is a grievous sin before God to adopt restrictive measures in disobedience to God's divine command from the beginning of time to 'multiply and replenish the earth.' Surely those who project such measures to prevent life or to destroy life before or after birth will reap the whirlwind of God's retribution, for God will not be mocked. Harold B. Lee
birth-control birth contraceptives
Hope is the best contraceptive. Marian Wright Edelman
birth-control argument found
There are a lot of good arguments for birth control, but as far as terminating a life that has already come into existence, I haven't found any. Kathy Ireland
birth-control hunger remedy
The only remedy against hunger is reasonable birth control. Friedrich Durrenmatt
birth-control-pills pills birth-control
We're more effective than birth control pills. Johnny Carson
heroines
I am going to take a heroine whom no one but myself will much like Jane Austen
heroines wanted my-own
I wanted to be my own heroine. Jesmyn Ward