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Civilization Quotes - Page 33

Civilization is the process of reducing the infinite to the finite.

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Richard A. Posner (1997). “The Essential Holmes: Selections from the Letters, Speeches, Judicial Opinions, and Other Writings of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.”, p.9, University of Chicago Press

You cannot build nonviolence on a factory civilization, but it can be built on self-contained villages.

Mahatma Gandhi, Anand T. Hingorani (1970). “Modern V. Ancient Civilization”, Bombay : Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan

Where there are humans, You'll find flies, And Buddhas.

Issa Kobayashi (1991). “The dumpling field: haiku of Issa”, Swallow Press

The test of civilization is the estimate of woman.

George William Curtis (1894). “On the principles and character of American institutions, and the duties of American citizens, 1856-1891”