Civilization consists in the multiplication and refinement of human wants.
Civilization consists in the multiplication and refinement of human wants.
Deep down, the US, with its space, its technological refinement, its bluff good conscience, even in those spaces which it opens up for simulation, is the only remaining primitive society.
If I could create an ideal world, it would be an England with the fire of the Elizabethans, the correct taste of the Georgians, and the refinement and pure ideals of the Victorians.
Every flower about a house certifies to the refinement of somebody. Every vine climbing and blossoming tells of love and joy.
I'm becoming more and more myself with time. I guess that's what grace is. The refinement of your soul through time.
I didn't go to high school, and I didn't go to grade school either. Education, I think, is for refinement and is probably a liability.
We were astonished by the beauty and refinement of the art displayed by the objects surpassing all we could have imagined - the impression was overwhelming.
All education should be directed toward the refinement of the individual's sensibilities in relation not only to one's fellow humans everywhere, but to all living things whatsoever.
Program construction consists of a sequence of refinement steps.
To have one's own story told by a third party who doesn't know that the character in question is himself the hero of the story being told, that's a technical refinement.
Courtesy is a silver lining around the dark clouds of civilization; it is the best part of refinement and in many ways, an art of heroic beauty in the vast gallery of man's cruelty and baseness.
The Japanese have a wonderful sense of design and a refinement in their art. They try to produce beautiful paintings with the minimum number of strokes.
Yale is a crucible in American life for the accommodation of intellectual achievement, of wisdom, of refinement, with the democratic ideals of openness, of social justice and of equal opportunity.
The whole of science is nothing more than a refinement of everyday thinking.
The freedom of thought is a sacred right of every individual man, and diversity will continue to increase with the progress, refinement, and differentiation of the human intellect.
But wealth is a great means of refinement; and it is a security for gentleness, since it removes disturbing anxieties.
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