#civilization

People who cannot recognize a palpable absurdity are very much in the way of civilization. ↗

— Agnes Repplier

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Coffee - the favorite drink of the civilized world. ↗

— Thomas Jefferson

#civilization

You can best serve civilization by being against what usually passes for it. ↗

— Wendell Berry

#rebellion #civilization

We will create a civilization of the Mind in Cyberspace. May it be more humane and fair than the world your governments have made before. ↗

— John Perry Barlow

#before #civilization #create #cyberspace #fair

A German immersed in any civilization different from his own loses a weight equivalent in volume to the amount of intelligence he displaces. ↗

— Jose Bergamin

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You can't leave civilization behind entirely. ↗

— Dirk Benedict

#civilization #entirely #leave #you

Sex appeal is the keynote of our civilization. ↗

— Henri Bergson

#civilization #our #sex #sex appeal

Inventor: A person who makes an ingenious arrangement of wheels, levers and springs, and believes it civilization. ↗

— Ambrose Bierce

#arrangement #believes #civilization #ingenious #inventor

Right now, there's the illusion of order and civilization, but there's a tremendous amount of economic tension in this country and the educational system is constantly eroding. ↗

— Kathryn Bigelow

#civilization #constantly #country #economic #educational

We were discussing civilization and the fact that young men among the Greeks at that time were idiots and uneducated, so the men had emotional and friendly relationships with members of their own sex. ↗

— Marion Zimmer Bradley

#civilization #discussing #emotional #fact #friendly