6 Quotes by Robert E. Howard about civilization
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My characters are more like men than these real men are, see. They're rough and rude, they got hands and they got bellies. They hate and they lust; break the skin of civilization and you find the ape, roaring and red-handed.
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Barbarianism is the natural state of mankind. Civilization is unnatural. It is the whim of circumstance. And barbarianism must ultimately triumph
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The more I see of what you call civilization, the more highly I think of what you call savagery!
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By Crom, though I've spend considerable time among you civilized peoples, your ways are still beyond my comprehension
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Someday, when all your civilization and science are likewise swept away, your kind will pray for a man with a sword.
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Civilization is a natural and inevitable consequence - whether good or evil I am not prepared to state.
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