Love, n. A temporary insanity curable by marriage or by removal of the patient from the influences under which he incurred the… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
I do not see how a barbarous community and a civilized community can constitute a state. I think we must get rid… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Wine makes every meal an occasion, every table more elegant, every day more civilized. — Andre Simon Copy Share Image
Paris, true to its promise, had been a place of civilized indecencies, or uncivil decencies. — Ana Castillo Copy Share Image
Society, civilized society at least, is never very ready to believe anything to the detriment of those who are both rich and… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
The discovery of agriculture was the first big step toward a civilized life. — Arthur Keith Copy Share Image
Anyone can be a barbarian; it requires a terrible effort to remain a civilized man. — Leonard Woolf Copy Share Image
Thanks to modern medical advances such as antibiotics, nasal spray, and Diet Coke, it has become routine for people in the civilized… — Dave Barry Copy Share Image
Civilization means, above all, an unwillingness to inflict unnecessary pain ... those of us who heedlessly accept the commands of authority cannot… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Surrounded by military airplanes and warships from the world's most civilized and developed nations, we have been denied permission by friendly governments,… — Thor Heyerdahl Copy Share Image
Too much of the animal disfigures the civilized human being, too much culture makes a sick animal. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
For most of history, war has been a more or less functional institution, providing benefits for those societies that were good at… — Gwynne Dyer Copy Share Image
But there is a devil of a difference between barbarians who are fit by nature to be used for anything, and civilized… — Karl Marx Copy Share Image
Ircumcision, an archaic ritual mutilation that has no justification whatever and no place in a civilized society. — Ashley Montagu Copy Share Image
Kindness and compassion toward all living things is the mark of a civilized society. — Cesar Chavez Copy Share Image
You do not need to be an expert, or even particularly interested in wine, in order to enjoy drinking it. But tasting… — Michael Broadbent Copy Share Image
Not until the creation and maintenance of decent conditions of life for all men are recognized and accepted as a common obligation… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
If the Sunday had not been observed as a day of rest during the last three centuries, I have not the slightest… — Thomas B. Macaulay Copy Share Image
In a civilized and cultivated country, wild animals only continue to exist at all when preserved by sportsmen. — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
Business is always looking to avoid the toughest norms. But some do it in a civilized way, while others push it using… — Dmitry Medvedev Copy Share Image
The bicycle is the most civilized conveyance known to man. Other forms of transport grow daily more nightmarish. Only the bicycle remains… — Iris Murdoch Copy Share Image
I think now it's a very odd time in politics. It should be mostly about good governing. We need a government, not… — Daphne Guinness Copy Share Image
We are Craiglockhart's success stories. Look at us. We don't remember, we don't feel, we don't think - at least beyond the… — Pat Barker Copy Share Image
Taxation is the price we pay for failing to build a civilized society. The higher the tax level, the greater the failure. — Mark Skousen Copy Share Image
The more I consider the condition of the white men, the more fixed becomes my opinion that, instead of gaining, they have… — Tomochichi Copy Share Image
