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Civilization is the distance man has placed between himself and hi

Civilization is the distance man has placed between himself and his excreta. – Brian Aldiss

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Science fiction is no more written for scientists than ghost stories are written for ghosts. – Brian Aldiss

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Ghosts
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Science fiction is no more written for scientists that ghost stories are written for ghosts. – Brian Aldiss

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Science
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Brian Aldiss
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When childhood dies, its corpses are called adults and they enter society, one of the politer names of hell. That is why we dread children, even if we love them, they show us the state of our decay. – Brian Aldiss

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The end of the human race will be that it will eventually die of civilization. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated. – Confucius

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The ultimate tendency of civilization is towards barbarism. – David Hare

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The path of civilization is paved with tin cans. – Elbert Hubbard

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