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Barbarians Quotes

In the ordinary course of things, how many succeed in society merely by virtue of their manners, while others, however meritorious, fail through lack of them? After all, it’s only barbarians who wear uncut precious stones Picture Quote #1

I ask myself, have nations ever declined from a loss of moral sense rather than from physical reasons or the pressure of barbarians? I think that they have Picture Quote #1

Avoid, which many grave men have not done, words taken from sacred subjects and from elevated poetry: these we have seen vilely prostituted. Avoid too the society of the barbarians who misemploy them Picture Quote #1

The destruction that barbarians leave behind has a grim fascination, doesn’t it? We’re reminded how thin is the veneer of civilization Picture Quote #1

Fain would we remain barbarians, if our claim to civilization were to be based on the gruesome glory of war Picture Quote #1

As we manipulate everyday words, we forget that they are fragments of ancient and eternal stories, that we are building our houses with broken pieces of sculptures and ruined statues of gods as the barbarians did Picture Quote #1

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If our civilization is destroyed, it will not be by barbarians from below. Our barbarians come from above Picture Quote #1

Whence shall come the new barbarians? Go through the squalid quarters of great cities, and you may see, even now, their gathering hordes! How shall learning perish? Men will cease to read, and books will kindle fires and be turned into cartridges Picture Quote #1

From the failure of the humanist tradition to participate fully or to act decisively, civilizations may perhaps crumble or perish at the hands of barbarians. But unless the humanist tradition itself in some form survives, there can really be no civilization at all Picture Quote #1

Only barbarians are not curious about where they come from, how they came to be where they are, where they appear to be going, whether they wish to go there, and if so, why, and if not, why not Picture Quote #1

The Thracian people, like the bloodiest of the barbarians, being ever most murderous when it has nothing to fear Picture Quote #1

Despotism is a legitimate mode of government in dealing with barbarians, provided the end be their improvement Picture Quote #1

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But there is a devil of a difference between barbarians who are fit by nature to be used for anything, and civilized people who apply them selves to everything Picture Quote #1

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In the ordinary course of things, how many succeed in society merely by virtue of their manners, while others, however meritorious, fail through lack of them? After all, it’s only barbarians who wear uncut precious stones (Barbarians Quotes) I ask myself, have nations ever declined from a loss of moral sense rather than from physical reasons or the pressure of barbarians? I think that they have (Barbarians Quotes) Avoid, which many grave men have not done, words taken from sacred subjects and from elevated poetry: these we have seen vilely prostituted. Avoid too the society of the barbarians who misemploy them (Barbarians Quotes) The destruction that barbarians leave behind has a grim fascination, doesn’t it? We’re reminded how thin is the veneer of civilization (Barbarians Quotes) Fain would we remain barbarians, if our claim to civilization were to be based on the gruesome glory of war (Barbarians Quotes) As we manipulate everyday words, we forget that they are fragments of ancient and eternal stories, that we are building our houses with broken pieces of sculptures and ruined statues of gods as the barbarians did (Barbarians Quotes) If our civilization is destroyed, it will not be by barbarians from below. Our barbarians come from above (Barbarians Quotes) Whence shall come the new barbarians? Go through the squalid quarters of great cities, and you may see, even now, their gathering hordes! How shall learning perish? Men will cease to read, and books will kindle fires and be turned into cartridges (Barbarians Quotes) From the failure of the humanist tradition to participate fully or to act decisively, civilizations may perhaps crumble or perish at the hands of barbarians. But unless the humanist tradition itself in some form survives, there can really be no civilization at all (Barbarians Quotes) Only barbarians are not curious about where they come from, how they came to be where they are, where they appear to be going, whether they wish to go there, and if so, why, and if not, why not (Barbarians Quotes) The Thracian people, like the bloodiest of the barbarians, being ever most murderous when it has nothing to fear (Barbarians Quotes) Despotism is a legitimate mode of government in dealing with barbarians, provided the end be their improvement (Barbarians Quotes) But there is a devil of a difference between barbarians who are fit by nature to be used for anything, and civilized people who apply them selves to everything (Barbarians Quotes)

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