People don’t like the true and simple; they like fairy tales and humbug. – Edmond and Jules de Goncourt, Journal, 2 March 1861 Category: Civilization
I like it when a flower or a little tuft of grass grows through a crack in the concrete. It’s so… heroic. – George Carlin Category: Civilization
When tillage begins, other arts follow. The farmers, therefore, are the founders of human civilization. – Daniel Webster, Remarks on Agriculture Category: Civilization
Civilization is a limitless multiplication of unnecessary necessaries. – Mark Twain, quoted in More Maxims of Mark compiled by Merle Johnson, 1927 Category: Civilization
O human beauty, what a dream art thou, that we should cast our life and hopes away on thee! – Barry Cornwall Category: Beauty
When an opponent comes forward, move in and greet him if he wants to pull back, send him on his way. – Morihei Ueshiba Category: Wisdom
