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Barbarism |
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Quotations
 | From barbarism to civilization requires a century; from civilization to barbarism needs but a day. — Will Durant, 1885-1981, American historian & philosopher 20 likes |
 | By its sudden collapse, … the proud German army has once again proved the truth of the saying, “The Hun is always either at your throat or at your feet”. — Winston Churchill, 1874-1965, British Prime Minister, Nobel 1953 10 likes |
 | The barbarian either totally mocks or totally worships. Civilization is a smile that discreetly combines sarcasm and respect. — Nicolas Gomez Davila, 1913-1994, Colombian writer 10 likes |
 | They plunder, they slaughter, and they steal: this they falsely name Empire, and where they make a wasteland, they call it peace. — Tacitus, 55-120 AD, Roman historian 10 likes |
 | Perhaps in time the so-called Dark Ages will be thought of as including our own. — Georg Christoph Lichtenberg, 1742-1799, German author of maxims 6 likes |
 | The most civilized people are as near to barbarism as the most polished steel is to rust. Nations, like metals, have only a superficial brilliancy. — Antoine Rivarol, 1753-1801, French author of maxims 6 likes |
 | War is the business of barbarians. — Napoleon, 1769-1821, French Emperor 6 likes |
| The Greeks possessed a knowledge of human nature we seem hardly able to attain to without passing through the strengthening hibernation of a new barbarism. — Georg Christoph Lichtenberg, 1742-1799, German author of maxims 4 likes |
 | In discussing Barbarism and Christianity I have actually been discussing the Fall of Rome. — Edward Gibbon, 1737-1794, English historian 4 likes |
 | Religion is the last refuge of human savagery. — Alfred North Whitehead, 1861-1947, British philosopher & mathematician 3 likes |
 | It was the mark of a barbarian to destroy something one could not understand. — Arthur Clarke, 1917-2008, British Sci-Fi writer 3 likes |
 | Rejection of foreign culture is a sign of barbarity, while understanding foreign barbarity is a sign of culture. — Yevgeny Kaseyev, contemporary Russian author of maxims 1 likes |
 | Writing poetry after Auschwitz is barbaric. |
 | If you are not prepared to use force to defend civilization, then be prepared to accept barbarism. |
| If the battle for civilization comes down to the wimps versus the barbarians, the barbarians are going to win. |
 | The true barbarian is he who thinks every thing barbarous but his own tastes and prejudices. |
 | This is a sure sign of barbarism: in any society, it is always the elements of inferior intelligence who are hungry to be up to date. Incapable of discerning by taste, culture and critical thinking, they automatically judge, according to this principle, that truth is novelty. |
 | Barbarism recommences by the excess of civilization. |
 | To be a great autocrat you must be a great barbarian. |
 | Progress usually comes from barbarians, and nothing has become more stagnant than the philosophy of philosophers and the theology of theologians. — Miguel de Unamuno, 1864-1936, Spanish writer & philosopher |
 | Asia begins in the suburbs. — Prince Metternich, 1773-1859, Austrian statesman ([of Vienna]) |
| Stripped of the Christian tunic and the classical toga, there is nothing left of the European but a pale-skinned barbarian. |
| Each new generation born is in effect an invasion of civilization by little barbarians, who must be civilized before it is too late. |
Quotes in Verse
 | I sound my barbaric yawp over the rooftops of the world. — Walt Whitman, 1819-1892, American poet 2 likes |
Funny Quotes
 | On Friday, pious cannibals eat fishermen. |
