#civilization

Our most intimate contact with civilizations long since dust has been through the art which has survived them. ↗

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Surely the only sound foundation for a civilization is a sound state of mind. ↗

I had faith in Israel before it was established, I have in it now. I believe it has a glorious future before it - not just another sovereign nation, but as an embodiment of the great ideals of our civilization. ↗

— Harry S. Truman

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The love of domination and an uncontrolled lust of arbitrary power have prevailed among all nations and perhaps in proportion to the degrees of civilization. ↗

— Mercy Otis Warren

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When tillage begins, other arts follow. The farmers, therefore, are the founders of human civilization. ↗

— Daniel Webster

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I am not a Catholic; but I consider the Christian idea, which has its roots in Greek thought and in the course of the centuries has nourished all of our European civilization, as something that one cannot renounce without becoming degraded. ↗

— Simone Weil

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The contemporary form of true greatness lies in a civilization founded on the spirituality of work. ↗

— Simone Weil

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If there hadn't been women we'd still be squatting in a cave eating raw meat, because we made civilization in order to impress our girlfriends. ↗

— Orson Welles

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Civilization advances by extending the number of important operations which we can perform without thinking of them. ↗

— Alfred North Whitehead

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Civilizations can only be understood by those who are civilized. ↗