“ To what do I attribute our decline? It's far easier to be shocking than charming. Fernando A. Torres
“ Few travelled in these days, for, thanks to the advance of science, the earth was exactly alike all over. Rapid intercourse, from which the previous civilization had hoped so much, had ended by defeat… E.M. Forster
“ During the first millennium BCE, even the beer-loving Mesopotamians turned their backs on beer, which was dethroned as the most cultured and civilized of drinks, and the age of wine began. Tom Standage
“ All of us have to be prevaricators, hypocrites, and liars every day of our lives; otherwise the social structure would fall into pieces the first day. We must act in one another's presence just as we… O. Henry
“ Revenge is a human trait, one that has been the cause of the destruction of civilisations many times over. But the goblins live on in peace and harmony, taking little notice of us and our mistakes. Count Anton Dance of the Goblins
“ There is no way I can avoid thinking about the kind of world I belong to. The abuse of utopias disfigures everything. Floriano Martins
“ Barbarianism is the natural state of mankind. Civilization is unnatural. It is the whim of circumstance. And barbarianism must ultimately triumph Robert E. Howard
“ The general air of insecurity and affection made it too easy for him to imagine these once-a-year fabulous creatures as the cubicle dwellers most of them were in everyday life. Charlie Huston
“ Civilizations grow by agreements and accomodations and accretions, not by repudiations. The rebels and the revolutionaries are only eddies, they keep the stream from getting stagnant but they get swep… Wallace Stegner
“ Yes, it's vital to make lifestyle choices to mitigate damage caused by being a member of industrialized civilization, but to assign primary responsibility to oneself, and to focus primarily on making… Derrick Jensen
“ The most frightful of all spectacles is the strength of the civilization without its mercy. Winston S. Churchill
“ The Americans of the United States do not let their dogs hunt the Indians as do the Spaniards in Mexico, but at bottom it is the same pitiless feeling which here, as everywhere else, animates the Euro… Alexis de Tocqueville
“ Civilization as it is known today could not have evolved, nor can it survive, without an adequate food supply. Norman Borlaug
“ I have a feeling that we've seen the dismantling of civilisation, brick by brick, and now we're looking into the void. We thought that we were liberating people from oppressive cultural circumstances,… Alexander McCall Smith
“ Primary purposes of a mirror: (1) To help civilized men realize their imperfections, and, (2) To help the imperfect hide their imperfections. Mokokoma Mokhonoana
