Quote by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
The degree of civilization in a society can be judged by entering

The degree of civilization in a society can be judged by entering the prisons. – Fyodor Dostoyevsky

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Sarcasm: the last refuge of modest and chaste-souled people when the privacy of their soul is coarsely and intrusively invaded. – Fyodor Dostoyevsky

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It must be admitted that there is a degree of instability which is inconsistent with civilization. But, on the whole, the great ages have been unstable ages. – Alfred North Whitehead

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If the Aborigine drafted an I.Q. test, all of Western civilization would presumably flunk it. – Stanley Garn

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Civilization is the lambs skin in which barbarism masquerades. – Thomas Bailey Aldrich

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When tillage begins, other arts follow. The farmers, therefore, are the founders of human civilization. – Daniel Webster, Remarks on Agriculture

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