To view an object in the proper light we must stand away from it. The study of the classical literatures gives the… — John Lancaster Spalding Copy Share Image
All the art of the past rises up before me, the art of all ages and all civilizations, everything becomes simultaneous, as… — Alberto Giacometti Copy Share Image
A legacy that powerful does not disappear. Next to the Egyptians, the Greeks and Romans were babies. Our modern nations like Great… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
“We know we are a species obsessed with itself and its own past and origins. We know we are capable of removing… — Kathleen Jamie Copy Share Image
I feel that I'm in a very interesting position, where I'm standing back to look at this change, at this moment in… — Hiroshi Sugimoto Copy Share Image
Is one of the fairest portions of the globe to remain in a state of nature, the haunt of a few wretched… — William Henry Harrison Copy Share Image
Necessity is always the first stimulus to industry, and those who conduct it with prudence, perseverance and energy will rarely fail. Viewed… — Samuel Smiles Copy Share Image
Many clever men like you have trusted to civilization. Many clever Babylonians, many clever Egyptians, many clever men at the end of… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I know it is more agreeable to walk upon carpets than to lie upon dungeon floors, I know it is pleasant to… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
The years ahead will be great ones for our country, for the cause of freedom and the spread of civilization. The West… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Let's face it - think of Africa, and the first images that come to mind are of war, poverty, famine and flies.… — Henry Louis Gates Copy Share Image
In truth, the best long-term explanations about our ancient counterparts can be found in the paintings, sculpture, crafts, tools of utility, language… — Edward J. Fraughton Copy Share Image
The climate of Ohio is perfect, considered as the home of an ideal republican people. Climate has much to do with national… — Rutherford B. Hayes Copy Share Image
Which is superior, the Constitution or Sharia law? In Sharia law by their teachings is superior to everything else, it replaces everything… — Steve King Copy Share Image
It’s the end. It’s the end of the civilization. We’re going down. No, it’s sure not too attractive. Lenticels. I just hope… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Civilization is about removing information about our surroundings; discarding information about nature so our senses are not burdened with all that information… — Tor Norretranders Copy Share Image
If, to expose the fraud and imposition of monarchy . . . to promote universal peace, civilization, and commerce, and to break… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
Syria is the proud heir of an ancient civilization that has a unique spectrum of minorities that encompasses Muslims and Christians of… — Ahmed H. Zewail Copy Share Image
All the wonders of the Greek civilization heaped together are less wonderful than the single book of Psalms. Greece had all that… — William E. Gladstone Copy Share Image
To travel is to discover that everybody is wrong. The philosophies, the civilizations which seem, at a distance, so superior to those… — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
I think there's a general sense that the belief structures that existed and carried civilization forward have weakened to the point where… — James Toback Copy Share Image
Civilization is a stream with banks. The stream is sometimes filled with blood from people killing, stealing, shouting and doing the things… — Will Durant Copy Share Image
To be sure, the story of Hurricane Katrina does have a moral for anyone not deliberately blind. The races are different. Blacks… — Jared Taylor Copy Share Image
That which men suppose the imagination to be, and to do, is often frivolous enough and mischievous enough; but that which God… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
There was a land of Cavaliers and Cotton Fields called the Old South. Here in this pretty world, Gallantry took its last… — Ben Hecht Copy Share Image
One cannot deny that in former times man's life had been one of toil and hardship. It is correct to say, therefore,… — Haile Selassie Copy Share Image
If we believe in the rebirth of our civilization... then clearly this renaissance must begin in the chambers of our own hearts...… — Georg Feuerstein Copy Share Image
How carelessly imperial power vivisected ancient civilizations. Palestine and Kashmir are imperial Britain's festering, blood-drenched gifts to the modem world. Both are… — Arundhati Roy Copy Share Image
It is not the child as a physical but as a psychic being that can provide a strong impetus to the betterment… — Maria Montessori Copy Share Image
The yearning after equality [in economic outcome] is the offspring of envy and covetousness, and there is no possible plan for satisfying… — William Graham Sumner Copy Share Image
The one enemy in the world that America has is England. But then, England is the great land of Christian civilization, and… — Jeremiah O'Donovan Rossa Copy Share Image
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Almost all wars, perhaps all, are trade wars connected with some material interest. They are always disguised as sacred wars, made in… — Eduardo Galeano Copy Share Image
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The solution to women’s issues can only be achieved in a free and democratic society in which human energy is liberated, the… — Tawakkol Karman Copy Share Image
I've been thinking about the distorted view of science that prevails in our culture. I've been wondering about this, because our civilization… — Ann Druyan Copy Share Image
Every expansion of civilization makes for peace. In other words, every expansion of a great civilized power means a victory for law,… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
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