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Civilization is the art of living together with people not entirely like oneself.
What does civilization mean to you, and what would its ending bring to the world?
One of the tests of the civilization of people is the treatment of its criminals.
My songs are a mix of my own weird raised-by-wolves perspective and civilization.
Learning and literature have a way of outlasting the civilization that made them.
Every advance in civilization has been denounced as unnatural while it was recent
Civilization may progress, human nature will remain the same throughout all ages.
If men do not now succeed in abolishing war, civilization and mankind are doomed.
Every murder strikes at the heart of civilization; it is an attack on all mankind.
The inclination to aggression constitutes the greatest impediment to civilization.
The charms of seclusion are seldom combined with the conveniences of civilization.
Civilization itself . . . can easily be swept aside when mob passions are aroused.
Civilization, like an airplane in flight, survives only as it keeps going forward.
Our assignment was to topple this prudish, judgmental civilization. And it worked.
For nature is good, an man is 'by nature' good; it is civilization which ruins him
From the beginning, this culture - civilization - has been a culture of occupation.
Is a planetary surface the right place for an expanding technological civilization?
I have thought a sufficient measure of civilization is the influence of good women.
But that's just the aim of civilization - to make everything a source of enjoyment.
The truest test of civilization, culture and dignity is character and not clothing.
No civilization other than that which is Christian, is worth seeking or possessing.
Free speech is not just another value. It's the foundation of Western civilization.
Modern civilization is a product of an energy binge. Binges often end in hangovers.
The luxuries of civilization satisfy only those wants which they themselves create.
Every civilization finds it necessary to negotiate compromises with its own values.
You know, our sense of individuality is just the number one target of civilization.
Civilization is the way one's own people live. Savagery is the way foreigners live.
Modern civilization has no understanding of sacred matters. Everything is backwards.
Our civilization is shifting from science and technology to rhetoric and litigation.
Had Greek civilization never existed ... we would never have become fully conscious.
The degree of a nation’s civilization can be seen in the way it treats its prisoners
What can we expect from nations still less advanced in civilization than the Greeks?
You can't say civilization don't advance... in every war they kill you in a new way.
Most of the stone a nation hammers goes toward its tomb only. It buries itself alive.
If civilization had been left in female hands we would still be living in grass huts.
Fortunately, at the last hour, there were always a few soldiers to save Civilization.
Terrorism is a horrible thing that is the great threat to civilization on our planet.
Imagine what things would be like if the news media actually sided with civilization.
For you will sorely miss civilization if it is sacrificed in the turbulence of change.
The freedom of speech is an important yardstick for a society's level of civilization.
To defend a country you need an army, but to defend a civilization you need education.
Public transportation is like a magnifying glass that shows you civilization up close.
The imagination is the secret and marrow of civilization. It is the very eye of faith.
Civilization is nothing else but the attempt to reduce force to being the last resort.
Hackers are seen as shadowy figures with superhuman powers that threaten civilization.
Sweatpants painted to look like denim are the end of civilization. It drives me mental.
Civilized society is one huge bourgeoisie: no nobleman dares now shock his greengrocer.
Patriotism is an indispensable weapon in the defense of civilization against barbarism.
There's no such thing as civilization. The word just means the art of living in cities.
Social science affirms that a woman's place in society marks the level of civilization.