For You Will Sorely Miss Civilization If

So I Should Say That Civilizations Begin With Religion And Stoicism: They End With Scepticism And Unbelief, And The Undisciplined Pursuit Of Individual Pleasure. A Civilization Is Born Stoic And Dies Epicurean.

The Institutional Church (ecclesia) Has Killed Only Two Kinds Of People: Those Who Do Not Believe In The Teachings Of Jesus Christ, And Those Who Do.

To Speak Ill Of Others Is A Dishonest Way Of Praising Ourselves; Let Us Be Above Such Transparent Egotism. If You Can't Say Good And Encouraging Things, Say Nothing. Nothing Is Often A Good Thing To Do, And Always A Clever Thing To Say.

Nature Smiles At The Union Of Freedom And Equality In Our Utopias. For Freedom And Equality Are Sworn And Everlasting Enemies, And When One Prevails The Other Dies.

The South Creates The Civilizations, The North Conquers Them, Ruins Them, Borrows From Them, Spreads Them: This Is One Summary Of History.