Quote by Ruth Benedict
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

Other quotes by Ruth Benedict

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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I gambled on having the strength to live two lives, one for myself and one for the world. – Ruth Benedict

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strength
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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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Culture
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Language is the road map of a culture. It tells you where its people come from and where they are going. – Rita Mae Brown

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Culture

Culture of the mind must be subservient to the heart. – Mahatma Gandhi

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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

In the room the women come and go talking of Michelangelo. – TS (Thomas Stearns) Eliot

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Culture

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