“ He who is unable to live in society, or who has no need because he is sufficient for himself, must be either a beast or a god. ”
- Aristotle- Copy
- 736
“ Society, my dear, is like salt water, good to swim in but hard to swallow. ”
- Arthur Stringer- Copy
- 3.1K
“ A society of sheep must in time beget a government of wolves. ”
- Bertrand de Jouvenal- Copy
- 1.7K
“ We live in a society exquisitely dependent on science and technology, in which hardly anyone knows anything about science and technology. ”
- Carl Sagan- Copy
- 675
“ A nation is a society united by a delusion about its ancestry and by common hatred of its neighbors. ”
- Dean William R. Inge- Copy
- 117
“ The nature of society is largely determined by the direction in which talent and ambition flow-by the tilt of the social landscape. ”
- Eric Hoffer- Copy
- 3.4K
“ Be very circumspect in the choice of thy company. In the society of thine equals thou shalt enjoy more pleasure; in the society of thy superiors thou shalt find more profit. To be the best in the company is the way to grow worse. ”
- Francis Quarles- Copy
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“ What can you say about a society that says that God is dead and Elvis is alive? ”
- Irv Kupcinet- Copy
- 1.6K
“ But society has now fairly got the better of individuality; and the danger which threatens human nature is not the excess, but the deficiency, of personal impulses and preferences. ”
- John Stuart Mill- Copy
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“ Everyone who receives the protection of society owes a return for the benefit. ”
- John Stuart Mill- Copy
- 1.6K
“ It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society. ”
- Krishnamurti- Copy
- 2.5K
“ Do not speak ill of society, Algie. Only people who can't get in do that. ”
- Oscar Wilde- Copy
- 1.9K
“ I'm against a homogenized society, because I want the cream to rise. ”
- Robert Frost- Copy
- 3K
“ There is no nonsense so gross that society will not, at some time, make a doctrine of it and defend it with every weapon of communal stupidity. ”
- Robertson Davies- Copy
- 4K
“ We must beware of trying to build a society in which nobody counts for anything except a politician or an official, a society where enterprise gains no reward and thrift no privileges. ”
- Sir Winston Churchill- Copy
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“ Life is like playing a violin in public and learning the instrument as one goes on. ”
- Samuel Butler- Copy
- 127
“ What can you say about a society that says that God is dead and Elvis is alive? ”
- Irv Kupcinet- Copy
- 119
“ Society is like a large piece of frozen water; and skating well is the great art o social life. ”
- Letitia Landon- Copy
- 3.3K
“ One of the great penalties those of us who live our lives in full view of the public must pay is the loss of that most cherished birthright of man's privacy. ”
- Mary Pickford- Copy
- 1.5K
“ Society is composed of two great classes, those that have more dinners than appetite, and those who have more appetite than dinners. ”
- Sebastien Roch Nicolas De Chamfort- Copy
- 2.5K
“ He might have proved a useful adjunct, if not an ornament to society. ”
- Charles Lamb- Copy
- 3.7K
“ Society is now one polished horde, — Formed of two mighty tribes, the Bores and Bored. ”
- Lord Byron- Copy
- 844
“ In a consumer society, there are inevitably two kinds of slaves: the prisoners of addiction and the prisoners of envy. ”
- Ivan Illich- Copy
- 3.6K
“ The public! the public! how many fools does it require to make the public? ”
- Thomas Chalmers- Copy
- 1.5K
“ Society is divided into two classes, the shearers and the shorn. ”
- Sebastien Roch Nicolas De Chamfort- Copy
- 2K
“ I live in the crowds of jollity, not so much to enjoy company as to shun myself. ”
- Samuel Johnson- Copy
- 2.9K
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