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— Allen Ginsberg"The Jews always complained, kvetching about false gods, and erected the biggest false God, Jehovah, in middle of western civilization."
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The result of civilization, at the Sandwich Islands and elsewhere, is found productive to the civilizers, destructive to the civilizees. It is said to be compensation--a very philosophical word; but it appears to be very much on the principle of the old game, "You lose, I win": good philosophy for the winner.
— Herman Melville
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Man lowers his head and lunges into civilization, forgetting the days of his infancy when he sought truth in a snowflake or a stick. Man forgets the wisdom of the child.
— Jack Kerouac
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