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title: "4 Civilization Fact Quotes by 4 authors"
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> [We owe the origin and development of human society and, consequently, of culture and civilization, to the fact that work performed under…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ludwig-von-mises/we-owe-the-origin-and-development-of-human-society-and-consequently/)

[Ludwig von Mises](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ludwig-von-mises/)

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> [Civilization, in fact, grows more maudlin and hysterical; especially under democracy it tends to degenerate into a mere combat of crazes; the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/civilization-in-fact-grows-more-maudlin-and-hysterical-especially/)

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

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> [“One measure of a civilization, in fact, is the percentage of misfits in its society.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abe-kobo/one-measure-of-a-civilization-in-fact-is-the-percentage-of-misfits-in/)

[Abe Kōbō](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abe-kobo/)

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> [“Civilization is in fact the longest story of all. Civilization can persist through a series of economies.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fernand-braudel/civilization-is-in-fact-the-longest-story-of-all-civilization-can/)

[Fernand Braudel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fernand-braudel/)

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