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“For ever and anon the soul becomes weary of the conventions that are not of it, and with a single stroke shatters the civilized lies with which it is unable to cope, and the strong arm reaches out and takes by force what it cannot win by cunning.”

Soul Lying Winning Strong Force Arms Civilization Civilized Conventions Reach Out Weary Strokes Cunning Strong Arms Anon

Book:The Troll Garden: Short Stories

Source: The Troll Garden: Short Stories

“The same old hypocrisy. Life is a fight, and the strongest wins. All civilization does is hide the blood and cover up the hate with pretty words!”

Doe Life Is Hate Fighting Winning Blood Civilization Hypocrisy Strongest Cover Ups Pretty Words

Author:Ursula K. Le Guin

“In our time ... a man whose enemies are faceless bureaucrats almost never wins. It is our equivalent to the anger of the gods in ancient times. But those gods you must understand were far more imaginative than our tiny bureaucrats. They spoke from mountaintops not from tiny airless offices. They rode clouds. They were possessed of passion. They had voices and names. Six thousand years of civilization have brought us to this.”

“Civilization does not have to perish. The brutes are winning only by default.”

Doe Winning Civilization Brutes Default

Book:Philosophy: Who Needs It

Source: Philosophy: Who Needs It

“In the Atlantean civilization, law existed to create order, that is to say, to see justice was done. In the old way, the law was equal for all, not the strong win and the weak lose.”

Way Done Success Law Order Winning Strong Loses Justice Careers Civilization Equal Weak Ancient Egypt Old Ways Atlantis

Author:Frederick Lenz

“Technological civilizations don't last long. You're all right until you get a printing press. Then a race starts between technology and common sense. And maybe technology always wins.”

Long Lasts Winning Common Race Technology Civilization Presses Common Sense Technological Printing Printing Press

Book:Cauldron

Source: Cauldron

“The result of civilization, at the Sandwich Islands and elsewhere, is found productive to the civilizers, destructive to the civilizees. It is said to be compensation--a very philosophical word; but it appears to be very much on the principle of the old game, "You lose, I win": good philosophy for the winner.”