I have a friend who was said to have read the Iliad ‘to make him fierce.’ I confess that I prefer to do so to keep myself civilized. For the more I live in these warlike surroundings, the more thankful I am for all the traditions of the classic culture compared to these which journalists […]
Civilization Quotes
Civilization is a parasite on the man with a hoe.
Civilization is the process of reducing the infinite to the finite.
Civilization is not a burden. It is an opportunity.
When vultures watching your civilization begin dropping dead, it is time to pause and wonder.
We used to build civilizations. Now we build shopping malls.
We’re a planet of nearly six billion ninnies living in a civilization that was designed by a few thousand amazingly smart deviants. (“Dilbert”)
Our society must make it right and possible for old people not to fear the young or be deserted by them, for the test of a civilization is the way that it cares for its helpless members.
Civilization degrades the many to exalt the few.
We will never be an advanced civilization as long as rain showers can delay the launching of a space rocket.
