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When humor goes, there goes civilization.

~Erma Bombeck

Topics: Civilization Goes Humor

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The Italian Revolution was fought first of all to obtain the liberty and unity of the nation, and then, with that achieved, to join the freest and most advanced nations in inaugurating a new era of peace, justice, and joint cooperation in the work of civilization.

~Ernesto Teodoro Moneta

Topics: Achieved Advanced Civilization Cooperation Era First First Of All Fought Italian Join Joint Justice Liberty Most Nation Nations New New Era Obtain Peace Revolution Then Unity Work

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Against the dark background of this contemporary civilization of well-being, even the arts tend to mingle, to lose their identity.

~Eugenio Montale

Topics: Against Arts Background Civilization Contemporary Dark Even Identity Lose Mingle Tend Well-Being

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A civilized man is one who will give a serious answer to a serious question. Civilization itself is a certain sane balance of values.

~Ezra Pound

Topics: Answer Balance Certain Civilization Civilized Give Itself Man Question Sane Serious Values Who Will

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The two World Wars came in part, like much modern literature and art, because men, whose nature is to tire of everything in turn... tired of common sense and civilization.

~F. L. Lucas

Topics: Art Because Came Civilization Common Common Sense Everything Like Literature Men Modern Much Nature Part Sense Tire Tired Turn Two Wars Whose World

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Colonialism subdues in many dulcet guises. It conquered under the pretext of spreading Christianity, civilization, law and order, to make the world safe for democracy.

~F. Sionil Jose

Topics: Christianity Civilization Colonialism Conquered Democracy Law Law And Order Make Many Order Pretext Safe Spreading World

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All through history, a nation or a civilization's enduring glory is articulated by its mega constructions - the pyramids, the lofty cathedrals of the Christian world.

~F. Sionil Jose

Topics: Cathedrals Christian Civilization Enduring Glory History Lofty Nation Pyramids Through World

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Progress in civilization has been accompanied by progress in cookery.

~Fannie Farmer

Topics: Accompanied Been Civilization Cookery Progress

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Iran is a country of 80 million people, educated and dynamic. It sits astride a crucial part of the world. It cannot be sanctioned and pressed down forever. It is the last great civilization to sit outside the global order.

~Fareed Zakaria

Topics: Cannot Civilization Country Crucial Down Dynamic Educated Forever Global Great Iran Last Million Million People Order Outside Part People Pressed Sit World

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In a country of such recent civilization as ours, whose almost limitless treasures of material wealth invite the risks of capital and the industry of labor, it is but natural that material interests should absorb the attention of the people to a degree elsewhere unknown.

~Felix Adler

Topics: Absorb Almost Attention Capital Civilization Country Degree Elsewhere Industry Interests Invite Labor Limitless Material Material Wealth Natural Ours People Recent Risks Should Treasures Unknown Wealth Whose

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