Barbarous Quotes

103 quotes by 87 authors

And I hereby distinctly and emphatically declare that I consider myself, and earnestly desire to be considered by others, as utterly divested, now and during… — Robert Dale Owen
We humans are a fairly barbarous bunch. — Neil LaBute
There is no beauty unaided, no excellence that does not sink to the barbarous, unless saved by art. — Baltasar Gracian
I do not see how a barbarous community and a civilized community can constitute a state. I think we must get rid of slavery or… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
I will not choose what many men desire, Because I will not jump with common spirits And rank me with the barbarous multitudes. — William Shakespeare
Civilized ages inherit the human nature which was victorious in barbarous ages, and that nature is, in many respects, not at all suited to civilized… — Walter Bagehot
I think that sacrifices of animals in the name of religion are barbarous and they degrade the name of religion. — Jawaharlal Nehru
Every beggar shall be arrested. But to arrest a beggar merely in order to put him in jail would be barbarous and absurd. He should… — Napoleon Bonaparte
The barbarous custom of having men beaten who are suspected of having important secrets to reveal must be abolished. It has always been recognized that… — Napoleon Bonaparte
It is almost impossible to translate verbally and well at the same time; for the Latin (a most severe and compendious language) often expresses that… — John Dryden
It is indeed strange that with all the knowledge we have gained in the past hundred years we preserve and practice the methods of an… — Clarence Darrow
Another writer asserts that the tyranny of man over woman has its roots, after all, in his nobler feelings; his love, his chivalry, and his… — Susan B. Anthony
I have often thought of it as one of the most barbarous customs in the world, considering us as a civilized and a Christian country,… — Daniel Defoe
The true barbarian is he who thinks everything barbarous but his own tastes and prejudices. — William Hazlitt
Fashion is something barbarous, for it produces innovation without reason and imitation without benefit. — George Santayana
Revenge is the naked idol of the worship of a semi-barbarous age. — Percy Bysshe Shelley
I am not an advocate for frequent changes in laws and Constitutions. But laws and institutions must go hand in hand with the progress of… — Thomas Jefferson
Atrocity is recognized as such by victim and predator alike, by all who learn about it at whatever remove. Atrocity has no excuses, no mitigating… — Frank Herbert
Never use a metaphor, simile, or other figure of speech which you are used to seeing in print. Never use a long word where a… — George Orwell
Only now is the child finally divested of all that he has been. His origins are become remote as is his destiny and not again… — Cormac McCarthy

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