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“[H]e is a barbarian, and thinks that the customs of his tribe and island are the laws of nature.”
“Peace ought not be regarded the height of civilization, else like barbarians we forever battle for peace.”
“Passion and courtesy are two polar opposite traits that serve to balance each other into a full-blooded whole.Without socialization, passion is a crude barbarian, and without passion, the elegant a...”
“If it were not my purpose to combine barbarian things with things Hellenic, to traverse and civilize every continent, to search out the uttermost parts of land and sea, to push the bounds of Macedo...”
“Ah, I see. You don't know much about us and the unknown equals the barbaric, the primitive. Although it is you lot who are ignorant.”
“You can take the barbarian out of the tavern, but he can take the blood out of your body.”
“Barbarus hic ego sum, quia non intelligor illis.(In this place I am a barbarian, because men do not understand me.)”
“Now you fear punishment and beg for your lives, so I will let you free, if not for any other reason so that you can see the difference between a Greek king and a barbarian tyrant, so do not expect ...”
“Do you ever read the scriptures?""Every day," I said enthusiastically, "not a moment passes that I don't have a quick read of Ieremias or dip into Ezekiel."She smiled, amused. "What a barbarian you...”
“You didn't find any trace of her?" asked d'Arnot. // Tarzan shook his head. "None. In the jungle, I could have found her; but here -here, in civilization, a man cannot even find himself.”
“the veneer of civilization is exceedingly thin”
