Civilization
Quotes on Civilization
The origin of civilzation is man’s determination to do nothing for himself which he can get done for him.
H. C. Bailey (1878-1961) British crimewriter
Civilization — by which I here mean barbarism made strong and luxurious by mechanical power.
C. S.Lewis (1898-1963) British author
Civilization — a heap of rubble scavenged by scrawny English Lit vultures.
Malcolm Muggeridge (b. 1903) British journalist
All civilization has from time to time become a thin crust over a volcano of revolution.
Havelock Ellis (1859-1939) British psychologist
Civilization is the lamb’s skin in which barbarism masquerades.
Thomas Bailey Aldrich (1836-1907) American writer, editor
Our civilization is not even skin deep; it reaches no lower than our clothes. Humanity is still essentially Yahoo-manity.
W. R. Inge (1860-1954) Dean of St. Paul’s, London
Every new generation is a fresh invasion of savages.
Hervey Allen (1889-1949) American educator, poet, author
Is it progress if a cannibal uses knife and fork?
Stanislaus J. Lec (b. 1909) Polish poet
Civilization is a progress from an indefinite, incoherent homogeneity toward a definite, coherent heterogeneity.
Herbert Spencer (1820-1903) English philosopher
Increased means and increased leisure are the two civilizers of man.
Benjamin Disraeli (1804-1881) English prime minister
The three great elements of modern civilization, gunpowder, printing, and the Protestant religion.
Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881) Scottish author
The nineteenth century regarded European civilization as mature and late, the final expression of the human spirit. We are only now beginning to realise that it is young and childish.
C. E. M. Joad (1891-1953) British author, academic
Inscribe all human effort with one word, Artistry’s haunting curse, the Incomplete!
Robert Browning (1812-1889) English poet
