Barbarous Quotes

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Men are at every stage of evolution, from the most barbarous to the most developed; men are found of lofty intelligence, but also of the… — Annie Besant
For centuries the death penalty, often accompanied by barbarous refinements, has been trying to hold crime in check; yet crime persists. Why? Because the instincts… — Albert Camus
The manner of their living is very barbarous, because they do not eat at fixed times, but as often as they please — Amerigo Vespucci
It is arguable whether the human race have been gainers by the march of science beyond the steam engine. Electricity opens a field of infinite… — Winston Churchill
The America of Moctezuma and Atahualpa,the aromatic America of Columbus,Catholic America, Spanish America,the America where noble CuauhtÃ©moc said: "I am not on a bed of… — Ruben Dario
Wars of aggression are the most barbarous of all human endeavors and are, more often than not, the instruments of insane tyrants who hear voices. — Rodrigue Tremblay
Fit for the mountains and the barbarous caves, where manners ne'er were preached. — William Shakespeare
It is fortunate that each generation does not comprehend its own ignorance. We are thus enabled to call our ancestors barbarous. — Charles Dudley Warner
As long as the arabs fight tribe against tribe, so long will they be a little people, a silly people, greedy, barbarous and cruel. — T.E. Lawrence
In revenge and in love, woman is more barbarous than man. — Friedrich Nietzsche
How vainly shall we endeavor to repress crime by our barbarous punishment of the poorer class of criminals so long as children are reared in… — Henry George
During my medical education at the University of Basle I found vivisection horrible, barbarous and above all unnecessary — Carl Jung
If we use our fuel to get our power, we are living on our capital and exhausting it rapidly. This method is barbarous and wantonly… — Nikola Tesla
Words sing. They hurt. They teach. They sanctify. They were man's first, immeasurable feat of magic. They liberated us from ignorance and our barbarous past. — Leo Rosten
Without justice being freely, fully, and impartially administered, neither our persons, nor our rights, nor our property, can be protected. And if these, or either… — Joseph Story
We may have civilized bodies and yet barbarous souls. We are blind to the real sights of this world; deaf to its voice; and dead… — Herman Melville
The beauty of the internal nature cannot be so far concealed by its accidental vesture, but that the spirit of its form shall communicate itself… — Percy Bysshe Shelley
Only soldiers and labouring men can appreciate how glorious it really is to lie late in bed in winter-time. When your life revolves around having… — Maurice Chevalier
You all know that even when women have full rights, they still remain fatally downtrodden because all housework is left to them. In most cases… — Vladimir Lenin
Vaccination is a barbarous practice and one of the most fatal of all the delusions current in our time. Conscientious objectors to vaccination should stand… — Mahatma Gandhi

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