Savage Quotes

368 Savage quotes by 284 unique authors

They do not understand the fragility of civilization and the constant nearness of savage nature. — Camille Paglia
FREE animals of the jungle/air/sea/mountains are called 'wild', 'savage', 'vicious', 'beasts' who defend themselves and their own territories from greedy, ruthless 'brave' men armed to… — Adela Popescu
The brave are born from the brave and good. In steers and in horses is to be found the excellence of their sire; nor do… — Horace
The boundary between civilization and barbarism is difficult to draw: put one ring in your nose and you are a savage, put two rings in… — Pearl S. Buck
Laughter to begin with was probably glee at the misfortunes of others. The baring of the teeth in laughter hints at its savage ancestry. Animals… — Eric Hoffer
Difference between savage and civilized man: one is painted, the other gilded. — Mark Twain
The trombone is the true head of the family of wind instruments... it has all the serious and powerful tones of sublime musical poetry, from… — Hector Berlioz
Where now is Britain? . Even as the savage sits upon the stone That marks were stood her capitols, and hears The bittern booming in… — Henry Kirke White
Savage peoples are ruled by passion, civilized peoples by the mind. The difference lies not in the respective natures of savagery and civilization, but in… — Carl von Clausewitz
The indulgence of revenge tends to make men more savage and cruel. — Henry Home, Lord Kames
Surely all God's people, however serious or savage, great or small, like to play. Whales and elephants, dancing, humming gnats, and invisibly small mischievous microbes-… — John Muir
A soul you say? Give my pocketwatch to a savage and he'll think it has a soul. — Napoleon Bonaparte
The most ultimately righteous of all wars is a war with savages, though it is apt to be also the most terrible and inhuman. The… — Theodore Roosevelt
Surely all God's people, however serious or savage, great or small, like to play. — John Muir
Seduced, shaggy Samson snored. She scissored short. Sorely shorn, Soon shackled slave, Samson sighed, Silently scheming, Sightlessly seeking Some savage, spectacular suicide. — Stanislaw Lem
In an effort to civilize combat sports, authorities mandated padded gloves and instantly made the sports far more savage. Granted, putting gloves on the hands… — Jonathan Gottschall
I love the people because I believe in God. For, if I did not believe in God, what would the people be to me? I… — Alphonse de Lamartine
War is a survival among us from savage times and affects now chiefly the boyish and unthinking element of the nation. — Percival Lowell
Hitler recruited around him homosexuals to make up his Stormtroopers, they were his enforcers, they were his thugs. And Hitler discovered that he could not… — Bryan Fischer
Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream — Hunter S. Thompson
A criminal who, having renounced reason ... hath, by the unjust violence and slaughter he hath committed upon one, declared war against all mankind, and… — J.R.R. Tolkien
If a man is not rising upwards to be an angel, depend upon it, he is sinking downwards to be a devil . He cannot… — Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Remember the rights of the savage, as we call him. Remember that the happiness of his humble home, remember that the sanctity of life in… — William E. Gladstone
Music has charms to sooth a savage breast, to soften rocks, or bend a knotted oak. — William Congreve
The enemy fought with savage fury, and met death with all its horrors, without shrinking or complaining: not one asked to be spared, but fought… — Davy Crockett

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