The civilized man is a larger mind but a more imperfect nature than the savage. — Margaret Fuller Copy Share Image
deferring gratification is a good definition of being civilized. — Bernice Fitz-Gibbon Copy Share Image
“You’ll be civilized or we’ll leave your arse here.” Johan... "Vital Perception” — D.L. Given Copy Share Image
“You’re very welcome, gorgeous. See, Kaz? That’s how the civilized folk do.” — Leigh Bardugo Copy Share Image
The more we study the Indian's character the more we appreciate the marked distinction between the civilized being and the real savage. — Nelson A. Miles Copy Share Image
Even in civilized communities, the embryo man passes through the hunter stage of development. — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
We're all intrigued, in our civilized world that we live in, and curious about how we would get on, on an undiscovered… — Tom Hiddleston Copy Share Image
On the day when two army corps may mutually annihilate each other in a second, probably all civilized nations will recoil with… — Alfred Nobel Copy Share Image
The aim of the liar is simply to charm, to delight, to give pleasure. He is the very basis of civilized society. — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
It is a truism throughout the civilized galaxy that when you go to the police, your troubles really begin. — Robert Sheckley Copy Share Image
Schools and libraries are the twin cornerstones of a civilized society. Libraries are only good if people use them, like books only… — Nicholas Meyer Copy Share Image
I am unable to rouse much interest in any highly civilized race, country or epoch, including this one. — Robert E. Howard Copy Share Image
The nations were awakened from the sleep of death, as the words of eternal life flowed from the Apostles' lips, - the… — John Strachan Copy Share Image
“If he had not been a small degree civilized, he very probably would not have troubled himself with boots at all; but… — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
Language, the machine of the poet, is best fitted for his purpose in its rudest state. Nations, like individuals, first perceive, and… — Thomas B. Macaulay Copy Share Image
What should we suppose must naturally be the consequence of our carrying on a slave trade with Africa? With a country, vast… — William Wilberforce Copy Share Image
Enormous amounts of money are spent for publicity. As a result, large quantities of alimentary and pharmaceutical products, at the least useless,… — Alexis Carrel Copy Share Image
That country [Carthage] was rapidly sinking into the state of barbarism from whence it had been raised by the Phoenician colonies and… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
Everyone town of 100,000 in the United States should have a Classical Theater supported by the town, or the state of the… — Tony Randall Copy Share Image
Now what happens?" asked the man in black. "We face each other as God intended," Fezzik said. "No tricks, no weapons, skill… — William Goldman Copy Share Image
The civilized nations--Greece, Rome, England--have been sustained by the primitive forests which anciently rotted where they stand. They survive as long as… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Savage peoples are ruled by passion, civilized peoples by the mind. The difference lies not in the respective natures of savagery and… — Carl von Clausewitz Copy Share Image
I feel we all have the obligation, myself. I want to live in a more humane, civilized society, and I feel like… — Natalie Merchant Copy Share Image
I am now speaking of rights under the Constitution, and not of moral or religious rights. I do not discuss the morals… — Stephen A. Douglas Copy Share Image
Though tax records are generally looked upon as a nuisance, the day may come when historians will realize that tax records tell… — Charles Adams Copy Share Image
Agriculture seems to be the first pursuit of civilized man. It enables him to escape from the life of the savage, and… — Edward Everett Copy Share Image
Why should not we, who have renounced the king's authority, have our national preserves, where no villages need be destroyed, in which… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
In two weeks the sheeplike masses of any country can be worked up by the newspapers into such a state of excited… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
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