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Savages Quotes by Plato
- In particular I may mention Sophocles the poet, who was once asked in my presence, How do you feel about love, Sophocles? are you still…
- The mere athlete becomes too much of a savage.
- Man...is a tame or civilized animal; never the less, he requires proper instruction and a fortunate nature, and then of all animals he becomes the…
- He who is only an athlete is too crude, too vulgar, too much a savage. He who is a scholar only is too soft, to…
More Savages Quotes
- 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