Quote by David Hare
The ultimate tendency of civilization is towards barbarism. - Davi

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

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Sudden resolutions, like the sudden rise of mercury in a barometer, indicate little else than the variability of the weather. – David Hare

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Our concern is not how to worship in the catacombs but how to remain human in the skyscrapers. – Abraham Joshua Heschel

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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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Is civilization only a higher form of idolatry, that man should bow down to a flesh-brush, to flannels, to baths, diet, exercise, and air? – Mary Baker Eddy

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Society attacks early, when the individual is helpless. – B.F. Skinner

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