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Quote by Cyril Connolly
The civilized are those who get more out of life than the uncivili

The civilized are those who get more out of life than the uncivilized, and for this we are not likely to be forgiven. – Cyril Connolly

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A mistake which is commonly made about neurotics is to suppose that they are interesting. It is not interesting to be always unhappy, engrossing with oneself, malignant and ungrateful, and never quite in touch with reality. – Cyril Connolly

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Culture is roughly anything we do and the monkeys don’t. – Lord Raglan

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The dying process begins the minute we are born, but it accelerates during dinner parties. – Carol Matthau

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Human history becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe. – H.G. Wells, The Outline of History

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Civilization today reminds me of an ape with a blowtorch playing in a room full of dynamite. It looks like the monkeys are about to operate the zoo, and the inmates are taking over the asylum. – Vance Havner

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