Civilization Quote by Nikki Giovanni

A civilization is always judged in its decline.

— Melvin B. Tolson

As civilization advances, poetry almost necessarily declines.

— Anonymous

The first sign on a declining civilization is a decline in the arts.

— Diana Palmer

The decline of literature indicates the decline of a nation.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“Cultural decline is not inevitable.”

— National Endowment for the Arts

Poets are the leaven in the lump of civilization.

— Elizabeth Janeway

“Civilization is always threatened from below, by patterns of belief and emotion that may once have been useful to our ancestors, but that are…

— Roger Scruton

Even if great poetry continues to be written, it has retreated from the center of literary life. Though supported by a loyal coterie, poetry…

— Dana Gioia

“What history gives us leaves upon us, on the contrary, the impression of decadence rather than of an advancing civilization.”

— Herman Bavinck

“When a culture vanishes, humanity is the loser.”

— Rohinton Mistry

The decline in literature indicates a decline in the nation. The two keep pace in their downward tendency.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Tis a question whether adversity or prosperity makes the most poets.

— George Farquhar