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> [Fain would we remain barbarians, if our claim to civilization were to be based on the gruesome glory of war.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/fain-would-we-remain-barbarians-if-our-claim-to-civilization-were-to/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [“Our age is enlightened... How is it, then, that we still remain barbarians?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/friedrich-von-schiller/our-age-is-enlightened-how-is-it-then-that-we-still-remain-barbarians/)

[Friedrich von Schiller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/friedrich-von-schiller/)

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> [“It is always necessary to remain barbarians, because it is the barbarians who always win.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/irwin-shaw/it-is-always-necessary-to-remain-barbarians-because-it-is-the/)

[Irwin Shaw](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/irwin-shaw/)

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> [“It is always the Germans who cause the trouble, what is it about Germans that they must molest and oppress?..." "They have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elswyth-thane/it-is-always-the-germans-who-cause-the-trouble-what-is-it-about/)

[Elswyth Thane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elswyth-thane/)

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