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> [Like other systems in decay, the Roman Empire continued to function for several generations after its vitality was sapped. For nearly a hundred years our Island was one of the scenes of conflict between a dying civilisation and lusty, famishing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/winston-churchill/like-other-systems-in-decay-the-roman-empire-continued-to-function/)

[Winston Churchill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/winston-churchill/)

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> [“In a dying civilisation, political prestige is the reward not of the shrewdest diagnostician but of the man with the best beside manner. It is the decoration conferred on mediocrity by ignorance. Yet there remains one sort of political prestige…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-ambler/in-a-dying-civilisation-political-prestige-is-the-reward-not-of-the/)

[Eric Ambler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-ambler/)

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