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Savages Quotes by Eric Hoffer
- One might equate growing up with a mistrust of words. A mature person trusts his eyes more than his ears. Irrationality often manifests itself in…
- Children, savages and true believers remember far less what they have seen than what they have heard.
- 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…
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- It began in mystery, and it will end in mystery, but what a savage and beautiful country lies in between. — Diane Ackerman
- Liberal capitalism is not at all the Good of humanity. Quite the contrary; it is the vehicle of savage, destructive nihilism. — Alain Badiou
- The missionaries go forth to Christianize the savages - as if the savages weren't dangerous enough already. — Edward Abbey
- Creditor. One of a tribe of savages dwelling beyond the Financial Straits and dreaded for their desolating incursions. — Ambrose Bierce
- We were then in a dangerous, helpless situation, exposed daily to perils and death amongst savages and wild beasts, not a white… — Daniel Boone
- I have a huge and savage conscience that won't let me get away with things. — Octavia Butler
- We smile at the ignorance of the savage who cuts down the tree in order to reach its fruit; but the same… — William Ellery Channing
- Savages and modern artists are alike strangely driven to create something uglier than themselves. but the artists find it harder. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
- Yes, I am a Jew, and when the ancestors of the right honorable gentleman were brutal savages in an unknown island, mine… — Benjamin Disraeli
- While we allow the inhabitants of imaginary remote corners the authenticity of savages or sufferers, we rarely suppose them to possess the… — Eva Hoffman
- Captive Greece took captive her savage conqueror. — Horace
- But the effort, the effort! And as the marrow is eaten out of a man's bones and the soul out of his… — D. H. Lawrence