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To make the distinction unmistakably clear: Civilization is the vital force in human history; cultur...

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Riches have never fascinated me, unless combined with the greatest charm or distinction.

A distinction to which they had been born gave no pride.

[I]f we revert to history, we shall find that the women who have distinguished themselves have neith...

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The highest distinction is service to others.

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Max BrooksWorld War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War

The Japanese had no idea what elements of Western culture and institutions where the crucial ones, s...

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Niall FergusonCivilization: The West and the Rest

In a world of physical ease, brutal social equality, and reasonable economic equality, exclusiveness...

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I think being condemned to death is the only real distinction," said Mathilde. "It is the only thing...

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