Civilization Quote by Anonymous

History shows us that other highly developed forms of civilization have collapsed. Who knows whether the same fate does not await our own?

— Christian Lous Lange

“No civilization has survived forever. All move toward dissolution, one after the other, like waves of the sea falling upon the shore. None, including…

— Douglas Preston

Every civilization that has ever existed has ultimately collapsed. History is a tale of efforts that failed, or aspirations that weren’t realized . So,…

— Henry A. Kissinger

That's what History teaches us, I think, that life goes on, even though individuals die and whole civilizations crumble away: The simple things last;…

— Philip Reeve

“Sometimes, a society can see its end approaching from afar and still not be able to adapt, like the Maya; at other times, the…

— Douglas Preston

The whole history of civilization is strewn with creeds and institutions which were invaluable at first, and deadly afterwards

— Walter Bagehot

It is clear that every civilization undergoes a process of historical change. We can see that a civilization comes into existence, passes through a…

— Carroll Quigley

Fate! Fate! All things pass away; Life is forever, youth is for a day. Love again if you may Before the stars are blown…

— John Gould Fletcher

While the comforts of modern civilization and technological success or economic success seem at the moment quite fulfilling, I can assure you that all…

— Frederick Lenz

Every civilization that has ever existed has ultimately collapsed.

— Henry A. Kissinger

Civilization never stands still; if in one country it is falling back, in another it is changing, evolving, becoming more complicated, bringing fresh experience…

— Arthur Keith

The ancients believed in fate because they recognized how hard it is for anyone to change anything. The pull of past and future is…

— Jeanette Winterson