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The path of civilization is paved with tin cans. - Elbert Hubbard

The path of civilization is paved with tin cans. – Elbert Hubbard

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The sculptor produces the beautiful statue by chipping away such parts of the marble block as are not needed – it is a process of elimination. – Elbert Hubbard

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When you can’t do something truly useful, you tend to vent the pent up energy in something useless but available, like snappy dressing. – Lois McMaster Bujold

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Take off all your clothes and walk down the street waving a machete and firing an Uzi, and terrified citizens will phone the police and report, “There’s a naked person outside!” – Mike Nichols

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The ultimate tendency of civilization is towards barbarism. – David Hare

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Good manners: The noise you don’t make when you’re eating soup. – Bennett Cerf

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