"Civilization is the mastery of violence, the triumph,……" — Muriel Barbery
"Civilization is the mastery of violence, the triumph, constantly challenged, over the aggressive nature of the primate. For primates we have been and primates we shall remain, however often we learn to find joy in a camellia on moss. This is the very purpose of education."
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Muriel Barbery
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92 Quotes by Muriel Barbery
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Sashimi is velvet dust, verging on silk, or a bit of both, and the extraordinary alchemy of its gossamer essence…
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Life has meaning and we grown-ups know what it is is the universal lie that everyone is supposed to believe.…
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What makes the strength of the soldier isn't the energy he uses trying to intimidate the other guy by sending…
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I won't get any better by punishing the people I can't heal.
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When tea becomes ritual, it takes place at the heart of our ability to see greatness in small things.
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Entrusting one's life is not the same as opening up one's soul.
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Some people are incapable of perceiving in the object of their contemplation the very thing that gives it its intrinsic…
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Talent consists not in inventing shapes but in causing those that were invisible to emerge.
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Levin delights in the forgetfulness that movement brings, where the pleasure of doing is marvellously foreign to the striving of…
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To be poor, ugly and, moreover, intelligent condemns one in our society to a dark and disillusioned life...to beauty all…
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There's so much humanity in a love of trees, so much nostalgia for our first sense of wonder, so much…
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There are worlds of experience beyond the world of the aggressive man, beyond history, and beyond science. The moods and…
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Catholics and evangelicals need to remain allied, and in solidarity, against the increasingly aggressive secularism of our age.
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No one is more arrogant toward women, more aggressive or scornful, than the man who is anxious about his virility.
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— Gilbert K. Chesterton
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Aggressive play is a vital asset of the world's greatest golfers. However, it's even more important to the average player.…
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As professor of global peace studies at the International Islamic University of Malaysia I am committed to the ending of…
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They have to convert our agenda into something aggressive. Two guys wanting to be happy together are invading their marriages.…
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I think we came out the last couple of game and have been able to get it going. The first…
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Good guys are a dime a dozen, but an aggressive leader is priceless.
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The vast majority of the race whether savage or civilized, are secretly kind at heart and shrink from inflicting pain,…
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