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"In all highly civilised communities Pretence is prominent, and sooner or later invades the regions of Literature."

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We can only truly be civilised people when we have regular and meaningful contact with the wild world

— Simon Barnes

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Men play at tragedy because they do not believe in the reality of the tragedy which is actually being staged in the civilised world

— Jose Ortega y Gasset

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