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Jai Ganesh

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Civilization Quotes - VI

Civilization Quotes - VI

1. As civilization advances, poetry almost necessarily declines. - Thomas Babington Macaulay

2. We believe that civilization has been created under the pressure of the exigencies of life at the cost of satisfaction of the instincts. - Sigmund Freud

3. Civilization is the making of civil persons. - John Ruskin

4. I've been waiting over 40 years to come to Cyprus, and it has not disappointed - the birthplace of Aphrodite, the Crossroads of Civilization, and, I might add, a genuine strategic partner to the United States of America. - Joe Biden

5. Japan today has become acquainted with the Western civilization of the rule of Might, but retains the characteristics of the Oriental civilization of the rule of Right. Now the question remains whether Japan will be the hawk of the Western civilization of the rule of Might, or the tower of strength of the Orient. - Sun Yat-sen

6. I think really, China, Chinese, I think they really have a long history of civilization, rich culture.-  Dalai Lama

7. The liberty of the individual is no gift of civilization. It was greatest before there was any civilization. - Sigmund Freud

8. The market came with the dawn of civilization and it is not an invention of capitalism. If it leads to improving the well-being of the people there is no contradiction with socialism. - Mikhail Gorbachev.

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