Is man a savage at heart, skinned o'er with fragile Manners? Or is savagery but a faint taint in the natural man's… — John Barth Copy Share Image
Raw hatred took its time making an outpost of its rage and prepared for me a savage crown with rusty, bloodstained spikes.… — Pablo Neruda Copy Share Image
Mankind, I hazard, wherever found, Civilized or Savage, cannot keep to any purpose for much length of time, except the purpose of… — Jeanette Winterson Copy Share Image
At present, man applies to nature but half his force. He works on the world with his understanding alone. He lives in… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Wolves and bears, they say, casting their savagery aside, have done like offices of pity. — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
Is man’s civilization only a wrappage, through which the savage nature of him can still burst, infernal as ever? — Thomas Carlyle Copy Share Image
I see the booing as a nice bit of banter and at least it means the fans aren't bored. It's quality. I… — David Bentley Copy Share Image
I wish I were a girl again, half savage and hardy, and free... Why am I so changed? I'm sure I should… — Emily Bronte Copy Share Image
The most savage and voracious animal never kills to increase his wealth, or open a way to grandeur. It slays to satisfy… — Mary Collyer Copy Share Image
A criminal who, having renounced reason ... hath, by the unjust violence and slaughter he hath committed upon one, declared war against… — J. R. R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
Laughter to begin with was probably glee at the misfortunes of others. The baring of the teeth in laughter hints at its… — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
Jump blind and you might find yourself on the rim of a raging volcano, or smack in the middle of a battlefield… — Stephen R. Lawhead Copy Share Image
There are obvious places in which government can narrow the chasm between haves and have-nots. One is the public schools, which have… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
Self-denial is simply a method by which arrests his progress, and self-sacrifice a survival of the mutilation of the savage. — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
The heroes and discoverers have found true more than was previously believed, only when they were expecting and dreaming of something more… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
With highly civilised nations continued progress depends in a subordinate degree on natural selection; for such nations do not supplant and exterminate… — Charles Darwin Copy Share Image
Creditor. One of a tribe of savages dwelling beyond the Financial Straits and dreaded for their desolating incursions. — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
I would like to ask a question. Would this sort of war or savage bombing which has taken place in Vietnam have… — Indira Gandhi Copy Share Image
Swift has sailed into his rest; Savage indignation there Cannot lacerate his breast Imitate him if you dare, World-besotted traveler; he Served… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It be urged that the wild and uncultivated tree, hitherto yielding sour and bitter fruit only, can never be made to yield… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
The savage nations of the globe are the common enemies of civilized society; and we may inquire, with anxious curiosity, whether Europe… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
It is to labor, and to labor only, that man owes everything possessed of exchangeable value. Labor is the talisman that has… — John Ramsay McCulloch Copy Share Image
There's something deeply rooted in American culture. You can pretty much identify what it was. You take a look at the history.… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
