Civilized Tribes

Famous quotes containing the words civilized and/or tribes:

“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)

“A stranger came one night to Yussouf’s tent,
Saying, “Behold one outcast and in dread,
Against whose life the bow of power is bent,
Who flies, and hath not where to lay his head;
I come to thee for shelter and for food,
To Yussouf, called through all our tribes ‘he Good.’ “

“This tent is mine,” said Yussouf, “but no more
Than it is God’s; come in, and be at peace;”
—James Russell Lowell (1819–1891)