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

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

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Civilization

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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Civilization

Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated. – Confucius

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