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You can't say civilization isn't advancing: in every war, they kill you in a new way.
You can't say civilization isn't advancing: in every war, they kill you in a new way.
Civilization will not last, freedom will not survive, peace will not be kept, unless a very large majority of mankind read more
Civilization will not last, freedom will not survive, peace will not be kept, unless a very large majority of mankind unite together to defend them and show themselves possessed of a constabulary power before which barbaric and atavistic forces will
We veneer civilization by doing unkind things in a kind way
We veneer civilization by doing unkind things in a kind way
In the advance of civilization, it is new knowledge which paves the way, and the pavement is eternal.
In the advance of civilization, it is new knowledge which paves the way, and the pavement is eternal.
A civilization is built on what is required of men, not on that which is provided for them.
A civilization is built on what is required of men, not on that which is provided for them.
Civilization is the process of reducing the infinite to the finite.
Civilization is the process of reducing the infinite to the finite.
Civilization is a limitless multiplication of unnecessary necessities.
Civilization is a limitless multiplication of unnecessary necessities.
You can't say civilization don't advance... in every war they kill you in a new way.
You can't say civilization don't advance... in every war they kill you in a new way.
America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between.
America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between.