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

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We are at the very beginning of time for the human race. It is not unreasonable that we grapple with problems. But there are tens of thousands of years in the future. Our responsibility is to do what we can, learn what we can, improve the solutions, and pass them on. – Richard P. Feynman

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Progress is man’s ability to complicate simplicity. – Thor Heyerdahl, Fatu-Hiva

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