#civilize

The task of a university is the creation of the future, so far as rational thought and civilized modes of appreciation can affect the issue. ↗

— Alfred North Whitehead

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If one could only teach the English how to talk, and the Irish how to listen, society here would be quite civilized. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

#could #english #here #how #irish

Libel actions, when we look at them in perspective, are an ornament of a civilized society. They have replaced, after all, at least in most cases, a resort to weapons in defense of a reputation. ↗

— Henry Anatole Grunwald

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I look much more civilized than I actually am. ↗

— Georgina Chapman

#am #civilized #i #look #more

I believed that English-speaking people had a divine mission to civilize the world by making it western, democratic and Christian. ↗

— Luke Ford

#christian #civilize #democratic #divine #english-speaking

A civilized society is one which tolerates eccentricity to the point of doubtful sanity. ↗

— Robert Frost

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The Koran and the laws of all civilized nations legislate against the vilification of religions. ↗

— Naguib Mahfouz

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When did one man ever civilize a people? ↗

— John Lothrop Motley

#did #ever #man #people

Cruelty is contagious in uncivilized communities. ↗

— Harriet Ann Jacobs

#contagious #cruelty #uncivilized

Money, not morality, is the principle commerce of civilized nations. ↗

— Thomas Jefferson

#civilized nations #commerce #money #morality #nations