1,222 Quotes About Civilization

K is for "Kenghis Khan"; He was a very nice person. History has no record of him. There is a moral in that, somewhere.

There is nothing more fragile than civilization.

There is held to be no surer test of civilization than the increase per head of the consumption of alcohol and tobacco. Yet alcohol and tobacco are recognizable poisons, so that their consumption has only to be carried far enough to destroy civilization altogether.

To the brains of our predecessors we owe all of our inheritance of civilization and culture.

If it should turn out that we have mishandled our own lives as several civilizations before us have done, it seems a pity that we should involve the violet and the tree frog in our departure.

Chastity is the cement of civilization and progress. Without it there is no stability in society, and without it one cannot attain the Science of Life.

Our civilization depends largely on paper.

True glory consists in doing what deserves to be written, and writing what deserves to be read.

The purpose of civilization and growth is to be able to reach out and empathize with other people... For me, the movies are like a machine that generates empathy.