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title: "4 Civilization Founded Quotes by 3 authors"
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> [The civilization you sit in ... is now obvious in crisis, perhaps death pangs, twisting grotesquely like a dying animal, swirling down…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-kreeft/the-civilization-you-sit-in-is-now-obvious-in-crisis-perhaps-death/)

[Peter Kreeft](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-kreeft/)

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> [The contemporary form of true greatness lies in a civilization founded upon the spirituality of work.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simone-weil/the-contemporary-form-of-true-greatness-lies-in-a-civilization/)

[Simone Weil](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simone-weil/)

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> [The contemporary form of true greatness lies in a civilization founded on the spirituality of work.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simone-weil/the-contemporary-form-of-true-greatness-lies-in-a-civilization-2/)

[Simone Weil](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simone-weil/)

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> [Every civilization is founded on sins - every single one. Dispossession, violence, appropriation. What distinguishes civilizations are the ones who rise above…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-krauthammer/every-civilization-is-founded-on-sins-every-single-one-dispossession/)

[Charles Krauthammer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-krauthammer/)

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