Fire Civilization

Famous quotes containing the words fire and/or civilization:

“When did your sparkle turn to fire and your warmth become desire?”
—Alan Jay Lerner (1918–1986)

“A mountain chain determines many things for the statesman and philosopher. The improvements of civilization rather creep along its sides than cross its summit. How often is it a barrier to prejudice and fanaticism!”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)