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I have often thought of it as one of the most barbarous customs in the world, considering us as a civilized and a Christian country, that we deny the advantages of learning to women. ↗

— Daniel Defoe

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It is a curious thing... that every creed promises a paradise which will be absolutely uninhabitable for anyone of civilized taste. ↗

— Evelyn Waugh

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

— Alfred North Whitehead

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The more equality women have, the fairer, more civilized and tolerant society will be. Sexual equality is a lot more effective against terrorism than military strength. ↗

— Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero

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As a result, the highly civilized man can endure incomparably more than the savage, whether of moral or physical strain. Being better able to control himself under all circumstances, he has a great advantage over the savage. ↗

— Lafcadio Hearn

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To be civilized is to be potentially master of all possible ideas, and that means that one has got beyond being shocked, although one preserves one's own moral aesthetic preferences. ↗

— Oliver Wendell Holmes

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This will never be a civilized country until we spend more money for books than we do for chewing gum. ↗

— Elbert Hubbard

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Gambling is a disease of barbarians superficially civilized. ↗

— Dean Inge

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I believed that English-speaking people had a divine mission to civilize the world by making it western, democratic and Christian. ↗

— Luke Ford

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A civilized society is one which tolerates eccentricity to the point of doubtful sanity. ↗