Famous quotes containing the words civilized life, civilized and/or life:
“All that are printed and bound are not books; they do not necessarily belong to letters, but are oftener to be ranked with the other luxuries and appendages of civilized life. Base wares are palmed off under a thousand disguises.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“A civilized man is one who will give a serious answer to a serious question. Civilization itself is a certain sane balance of values.”
—Ezra Pound (1885–1972)
““The life of reason”Ma phrase once used by people who thought that reading books would deliver them from their passions.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)
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