#civilization

We are like ignorant shepherds living on a site where great civilizations once flourished. The shepherds play with the fragments that pop up to the surface, having no notion of the beautiful structures of which they were once a part. ↗

— Allan Bloom

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The family is the nucleus of civilization. ↗

— Will Durant

#civilization #nucleus

Civilization exists by geological consent, subject to change without notice. ↗

— Will Durant

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Civilization begins with order, grows with liberty and dies with chaos. ↗

— Will Durant

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All over the world the wildlife that I write about is in grave danger. It is being exterminated by what we call the progress of civilization. ↗

— Gerald Durrell

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Human rights is a universal standard. It is a component of every religion and every civilization. ↗

— Shirin Ebadi

#component #every #human #human rights #religion

The disease of mutual distrust among nations is the bane of modern civilization. ↗

— Franz Boas

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I do not believe that civilization will be wiped out in a war fought with the atomic bomb. Perhaps two-thirds of the people of the earth will be killed. ↗

— Albert Einstein

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The destiny of world civilization depends upon providing a decent standard of living for all mankind. ↗

— Norman Borlaug

#decent #decent standard #depends #destiny #living

Give me civilization. I don't want to be pampered. ↗

— Jennifer Esposito

#give #give me #i #me #pampered