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Barbarism3 quotes
No arts; no letters; no society; and which is worst of all, continual fear and danger of violent death; and the life of man, solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short. — Thomas Hobbes · 1651Everyone calls barbarism what is not customary to him. — Michel de Montaigne · 1580Truly, I am living in a time of darkness. — Bertolt Brecht · 1939Civilization1 quote
No arts; no letters; no society; and which is worst of all, continual fear and danger of violent death; and the life of man, solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short. — Thomas Hobbes · 1651Custom and convention1 quote
Everyone calls barbarism what is not customary to him. — Michel de Montaigne · 1580State of nature1 quote
No arts; no letters; no society; and which is worst of all, continual fear and danger of violent death; and the life of man, solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short. — Thomas Hobbes · 1651World War II1 quote
Truly, I am living in a time of darkness. — Bertolt Brecht · 1939