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title: "4 Civilization Moral Quotes by 3 authors"
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> [Civilization is first of all a moral thing. Without truth, respect for duty, love of neighbor, and virtue, everything is destroyed. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henri-frederic-amiel/civilization-is-first-of-all-a-moral-thing-without-truth-respect-for/)

[Henri Frederic Amiel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henri-frederic-amiel/)

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> [I am among those who believe that our Western civilization is on its way to perishing. It has many commendable qualities, most…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aiden-wilson-tozer/i-am-among-those-who-believe-that-our-western-civilization-is-on-its/)

[Aiden Wilson Tozer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aiden-wilson-tozer/)

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> [I have no doubt that historians will conclude that we of the twentieth century had intelligence enough to create a great civilization…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aiden-wilson-tozer/i-have-no-doubt-that-historians-will-conclude-that-we-of-the/)

[Aiden Wilson Tozer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aiden-wilson-tozer/)

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> [Tracing the progress of mankind in the ascending path of civilization, and moral and intellectual culture, our fathers found that the divine…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-m-evarts/tracing-the-progress-of-mankind-in-the-ascending-path-of-civilization/)

[William M. Evarts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-m-evarts/)

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