Quote by Kenneth Clark
We can destroy ourselves by cynicism and disillusion, just as effe

We can destroy ourselves by cynicism and disillusion, just as effectively as by bombs. – Kenneth Clark

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People sometimes tell me that they prefer barbarism to civilization. I doubt if they have given it a long enough trial. Like the people of Alexandria, they are bored by civilization; but all the evidence suggests that the boredom of barbarism is infinitely greater. – Kenneth Clark

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Civilization
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Opera, next to Gothic architecture, is one of the strangest inventions of Western man. It could not have been foreseen by any logical process. – Kenneth Clark

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architecture
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Keep a green tree in your heart and perhaps a singing bird will come. – Chinese Proverb

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Wag more. Bark less. – Author Unknown

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And I tell you, having girls has made me a much better man. I have friends who are fathers, but they only have boys, and they have the same attitude toward women they always had, you know? And I dont play that… My girls, you mess with them? I will bury you underground. – Mark Wahlberg

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Learn to smile at every situation. See it as an opportunity to prove your strength and ability. – Joe Brown

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No one is rich enough to do without a neighbor. – Danish proverb

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I dont think immortality is necessarily the key to understanding the world. You have to be careful with what you think youre achieving. Im all for science discovering amazing and fantastic things about our world, but I think the motivations behind it are slightly askew. – Reggie Watts

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Art is not a pastime but a priesthood. – Jean Cocteau

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All great men are gifted with intuition. They know without reasoning or analysis, what they need to know. – Alexis Carrel