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The crucial differences which distinguish human societies and huma

The crucial differences which distinguish human societies and human beings are not biological. They are cultural. – Ruth Benedict

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If we justify war, it is because all peoples always justify the traits of which they find themselves possessed, not because war will bear an objective examination of its merits. – Ruth Benedict

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War
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No man ever looks at the world with pristine eyes. He sees it edited by a definite set of customs and institutions and ways of thinking. – Ruth Benedict

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Perception
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It is of the essence of imaginative culture that it transcends the limits both of the naturally possible and of the morally acceptable. – Northrop Frye

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That is true culture which helps us to work for the social betterment of all. – Henry Ward Beecher

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Culture

What would it be like to have not only color vision but culture vision, the ability to see the multiple worlds of others. – Mary Catherine Bateson

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Culture

A man should be just cultured enough to be able to look with suspicion upon culture at first, not second hand. – Samuel Butler

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Culture

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Nowadays nothing but money counts: a fortune brings honors, friendships the poor man everywhere lies low. – Ovid

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All are agreed, that the increase of learning and good morals are great blessings to society. – Joseph Lancaster

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