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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.
civilized example expect message send society strong
We want to send a very strong message ... this is not what we expect out of civilized society, ... We're going to make an example of somebody. John Wilson
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
opposition puck rules stop tough
With the new rules, if you've got the puck with some speed, it's tough for the opposition to stop you. Mattias Norstrom
opposition
Illuminate the opposition. Adam Weishaupt
opposition manly
Opposition strengthens the manly will. Amos Bronson Alcott
opposition people
Strong people are made by opposition like kites that go up against the wind.
opposition people run supportive
We've not run into very much opposition at all. Most people have been very supportive of the project.
opposition party regions view
We view the Party of Regions as an opposition party. Yulia Tymoshenko
opposition stiff
The opposition is very stiff but I am optimistic.
opposition quebec saying
I went around Quebec saying the same thing I just said to you, and I see no opposition at all, Gilles Duceppe
opposition productive
It is opposition that makes us productive. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe