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Man — despite his artistic pretensions, his sophistication,

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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Every civilization is, among other things, an arrangement for domesticating the passions and setting them to do useful work. – Aldous Huxley

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One might enumerate the items of high civilization, as it exists in other countries, which are absent from the texture of American life, until it should become a wonder to know what was left. – Henry James

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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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Progress may have been all right once, but it went on too long… – Ogden Nash, “Come, Come, Kerouac! My Generation is Beater Than Yours,” New Yorke

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One we discover how to appreciate the timeless values in our daily experiences, we can enjoy the best things in life. – Harry Hepner

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Offspring, the due performance on religious rites, faithful service, highest conjugal happiness and heavenly bliss for the ancestors and oneself, depend on ones wife alone. – Guru Nanak

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More enduringly than any other sport, wrestling teaches self-control and pride. Some have wrestled without great skill – none have wrestled without pride. – Dan Gable

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Horses – if God made anything more beautiful, he kept it for himself. – Author Unknown

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