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We are so clothed in rationalization and dissemblance that we can recognize but dimly the deep primal impulses that motivate us. – James Ramsey Ullman

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Man — despite his artistic pretensions, his sophistication, and his many accomplishments — owes his existence to a six inch layer of topsoil and the fact that it rains. – Author and exact wording unknown, I’ve been told this was quoted by Paul H

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Civilization is hideously fragile… there’s not much between us and the Horrors underneath, just about a coat of varnish. – C.P. Snow

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

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A conqueror is always a lover of peace. – Karl Von Clausewitz

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Never once does Snow White herself look in the mirror so she isnt aware of her beauty or what apparently that does to people. Its really just the queen and the prince that talk about it. – Lily Collins

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The Bible is one of the greatest blessings bestowed by God on the children of men. It has God for its author salvation for its end, and truth without any mixture for its matter. It is all pure. – John Locke

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The body never lies. – Martha Graham

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