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title: "10 Civilization Advances Quotes by 8 authors"
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> [As civilization advances, poetry almost necessarily declines.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/as-civilization-advances-poetry-almost-necessarily-declines/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [Civilization advances by extending the number of important operations which we can perform without thinking of them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alfred-north-whitehead/civilization-advances-by-extending-the-number-of-important-operations-3/)

[Alfred North Whitehead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alfred-north-whitehead/)

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> [As civilization advances, man grows unconscious of the primitive elements of life; he is separated from them by his perfection of material…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-lindbergh/as-civilization-advances-man-grows-unconscious-of-the-primitive/)

[Charles Lindbergh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-lindbergh/)

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> [“In the words of the English philosopher Alfred North Whitehead, “Civilization advances by extending the number of operations which we can perform…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerd-gigerenzer/in-the-words-of-the-english-philosopher-alfred-north-whitehead/)

[Gerd Gigerenzer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gerd-gigerenzer/)

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> [As civilization advances, the sense of wonder declines. Such decline is an alarming symptom of our state of mind. Mankind will not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-joshua-heschel/as-civilization-advances-the-sense-of-wonder-declines-such-decline-is/)

[Abraham Joshua Heschel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-joshua-heschel/)

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> [“It is a profoundly erroneous truism that we should cultivate the habit of thinking of what we are doing. The precise opposite…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alfred-north-whitehead/it-is-a-profoundly-erroneous-truism-that-we-should-cultivate-the/)

[Alfred North Whitehead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alfred-north-whitehead/)

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> [Civilization advances by extending the number of important operations which we can perform without thinking about them. Operations of thought are cavalry…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alfred-north-whitehead/civilization-advances-by-extending-the-number-of-important-operations/)

[Alfred North Whitehead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alfred-north-whitehead/)

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> [Do you think that civilization advances because of things written in books? Not a bit of what is written in books ever…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-russell/do-you-think-that-civilization-advances-because-of-things-written-in/)

[Walter Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-russell/)

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> [“Civilization advances by extending the number of important operations which we can perform without thinking about them. —Alfred North Whitehead, An Introduction…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-wachter/civilization-advances-by-extending-the-number-of-important-operations-2/)

[Robert Wachter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-wachter/)

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> [The further our civilization advances upon its present lines so much the cheaper sort of thing does "fame" become, especially of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herman-melville/the-further-our-civilization-advances-upon-its-present-lines-so-much/)

[Herman Melville](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herman-melville/)

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