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“The peoples furthest from civilization are the ones where equality between man and woman are furthest apart-and we consider this one of the signs of savagery.”

Quote by Mark Twain

Book:Mark Twain at Your Fingertips: A Book of Quotations

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Mark Twain at Your Fingertips: A Book of Quotations

This book presents a curated selection of Mark Twain's most memorable and insightful quotes, showcasing his sharp wit and profound observations on various aspects of life and society. more

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Mark Twain, born Samuel Langhorne Clemens, was a renowned American author and humorist in the 19th century. His works are characterized by humor, satire, and profound social insight, with notable novels such as 'The Adventures of Tom Sawyer' and 'The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn'. more

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Ideas Poor Civilization Cruelty Vanity Arrogance Hypocrisy Meanness

Book:Mark Twain at Your Fingertips: A Book of Quotations

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“If you will notice, there is seldom a telegram in a paper which fails to show up one or more members & beneficiaries of our Civilization as promenading with his shirt-tail up & the rest of his regalia in the wash.”

Ifs Shows Failing Civilization Members Paper Shirts Tails Beneficiaries Telegrams

Book:Mark Twain-Howells Letters: The Correspondence of Samuel L. Clemens and William D. Howells, 1872-1910

Source: Mark Twain-Howells Letters: The Correspondence of Samuel L. Clemens and William D. Howells, 1872-1910

“Civilization largely consists in hiding human nature. When the barbarian learns to hide it we account him enlightened.”

Humans Human Nature Civilization Accounts Enlightened Hiding Barbarians

Book:Everyone's Mark Twain

Source: Everyone's Mark Twain

“The civilized are those who get more out of life than the uncivilized, and for this we are not likely to be forgiven.”

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“My daughter has always had a strong sense of her own identity. From the day she was born her father and I were in love with and in awe of her and still are.”

Stills Mother Father Strong Born Identity Daughter Awe My Daughter

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“Civilization - a heap of rubble scavenged by scrawny English Lit. vultures.”

Civilization Lit Vulture Rubble

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“Every new stroke of civilization has cost the lives of countless brave men, who have fallen defeated by the dragon, in their efforts to win the apples of the Hesperides, or the fleece of gold. Fallen in their efforts to overcome the old, half sordid savagery of the lower stages of creation, and win the next stage.”

Men Next Winning Effort Half Stage Creation Civilization Cost Gold Overcoming Brave Fallen Apples Dragons Defeated Strokes Brave Man Savagery Fleece

Book:The Virgin and the Gipsy

Source: The Virgin and the Gipsy

“To accept civilization as it is practically means accepting decay.”

Mean Political Accepting Civilization Decay

Book:Critical Essays

Source: Critical Essays

“The US has developed two coordinate governing classes: the one, called 'business,' building cities, manufacturing and distributing goods, and holding complete and autocratic power over the livelihood of millions; the other, called 'government,' concerned with preaching and exemplification of spiritual ideals, so caught in a mass of theory, that when it wished to move in a practical world it had to do so by means of a sub rosa political machine.”

“Tell me what are the prevailing sentiments that occupy the minds of your young peoples, and I will tell you what is to be the character of the next generation.”

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Author:Edmund Burke