Culture Quotes

Collection of phrases and quotes about culture.

Isaac Asimov

Isaac Asimov

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The saddest aspect of current life is that science is gaining knowledge more rapidly than society is gaining wisdom.

W. H. Auden

W. H. Auden

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Murder is the only thing that eliminates the person who hurts, so society must take the place of the victim and demand at their name the atonement or grant forgiveness.

Paul Auster

Paul Auster

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For those of us who have no beliefs, democracy is our religion.

Paul Auster

Paul Auster

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If justice exists, it has to be for everyone; no one can be excluded, otherwise it wouldn't be justice anymore.

Paul Auster

Paul Auster

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Football is a miracle that allowed Europe to hate each other without destroying itself.

Richard Bach

Richard Bach

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The only law is the one that leads to freedom, there is no other.

Sir Francis Bacon

Sir Francis Bacon

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In government matters, any change is suspicious, even if it is for the better.

Sir Francis Bacon

Sir Francis Bacon

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It's very difficult to make politics and morality compatible.

Sir Francis Bacon

Sir Francis Bacon

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The states are large machines that move slowly.

Sir Francis Bacon

Sir Francis Bacon

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The democracies tend to be more peaceful and are less prone to sedition than the regime ruled by a lineage of nobles.

Joan Baez

Joan Baez

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If you don't fight to end corruption and decay, you will end up becoming part of it.

Walter Bagehot

Walter Bagehot

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You can talk about the tyranny of Nero and Tiberius, but the real tyranny is that of the next-door neighbor.