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title: "8 Civilization Destroyed Quotes by 8 authors"
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> [Ours may become the first civilization destroyed, not by the power of our enemies, but by the ignorance of our teachers and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-sowell/ours-may-become-the-first-civilization-destroyed-not-by-the-power-of/)

[Thomas Sowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-sowell/)

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> [If our civilization is destroyed, it will not be by barbarians from below. Our barbarians come from above.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-demarest-lloyd/if-our-civilization-is-destroyed-it-will-not-be-by-barbarians-from/)

[Henry Demarest Lloyd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-demarest-lloyd/)

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> [Civilization must be destroyed. The hairy saints Of the North have earned thiscrumb by their complaints.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mason-cooley/civilization-must-be-destroyed-the-hairy-saints-of-the-north-have/)

[Mason Cooley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mason-cooley/)

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> [If human civilization were to be destroyed and its cities wiped off the map, there would be an easy way for future…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tatiana-schlossberg/if-human-civilization-were-to-be-destroyed-and-its-cities-wiped-off/)

[Tatiana Schlossberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tatiana-schlossberg/)

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> [“In the end, the world and its civilization had not been destroyed by the purging flames of Heaven; instead it rotted away…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sakyo-komatsu/in-the-end-the-world-and-its-civilization-had-not-been-destroyed-by/)

[Sakyo Komatsu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sakyo-komatsu/)

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> [Civilization must be destroyed. The hairy saints of the North have earned this crumb by their complaints.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wallace-stevens/civilization-must-be-destroyed-the-hairy-saints-of-the-north-have-2/)

[Wallace Stevens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wallace-stevens/)

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> [“A civilization is not destroyed by wicked people; it is not necessary that people be wicked but only that they be spineless.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/a-civilization-is-not-destroyed-by-wicked-people-it-is-not-necessary/)

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

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> [A civilization is destroyed only when its gods are destroyed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emile-m-cioran/a-civilization-is-destroyed-only-when-its-gods-are-destroyed/)

[Emile M. Cioran](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emile-m-cioran/)

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