Civilization Quote by Robert Louis Stevenson

The saddest thing in the world was that human beings, for all their ardent striving and desire, could never achieve physical, emotional, or intellectual…

— Dean Koontz

The saddest of all failures is that of a soul, with its capabilities and possibilities, failing of life everlasting, and entering upon that night…

— Herrick Johnson

“Think of this: If it weren’t for greed, intolerance, hate, passion and murder, you would have no works of art, no great buildings, no…

— Jasper Fforde

It is sad, indeed, to see how man wastes his opportunities. How many could be made happy, with the blessings which are recklessly wasted…

— John Lubbock

No small misery is caused by overworked and unhappy people, in the dark views which they necessarily take up themselves, and force upon others,…

— John Ruskin

To those who can hear me, I say - do not despair. The misery that is now upon us is but the passing of…

— Charlie Chaplin

The most unhappy of all men is the man who cannot tell what he is going to do, who has got no work cut-out…

— Thomas Carlyle

“Here mankind discarded civilization as if it were an article of clothing and left behind every decent feeling: love; loyalty; simply everything. Here it…

— Schoschana Rabinovici

I don't pity any man who does hard work worth doing. I admire him. I pity the creature who does not work, at whichever…

— Theodore Roosevelt

The only real sadness, the only real failure, the only great tragedy in life, is not to become a saint.

— Leon Bloy

The saddest thing in life and the hardest to live through, is the knowledge that there is someone you love very much whom you…

— Agatha Christie

The saddest thing I can imagine is to get used to luxury. [and therefore not appreciate it fully or be grateful for it every…

— Charlie Chaplin