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All civilization has from time to time become a thin crust over a

All civilization has from time to time become a thin crust over a volcano of revolution. – Havelock Ellis

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I always seem to have a vague feeling that he is a Satan among musicians, a fallen angel in the darkness who is perpetually seeking to fight his way back to happiness. – Havelock Ellis

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Happiness
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Havelock Ellis
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Progress is man’s ability to complicate simplicity. – Thor Heyerdahl, Fatu-Hiva

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It is impossible to overlook the extent to which civilization is built upon a renunciation of instinct. – Sigmund Freud, Civilization and Its Discontents

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We should distrust any enterprise that requires new clothes. – Henry David Thoreau, Walden

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

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But human nature dictates that there will always be cheaters. Thats inevitable. Where theres money involved and glory, there are going to be people that cheat, and there will always be ways to cheat. – David Millar

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The drama is complete poetry. The ode and the epic contain it only in germ it contains both of them in a state of high development, and epitomizes both. – Victor Hugo

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