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• The degree of civilization in a society can be judged by entering its prisons. -- F. Dostoyevski
• A country can be judged by the quality of its proverbs. -- German Proverb
• The greatness of a nation can be judged by the way its animals are treated. Gandhi
• A polynomial f is said to have degree m, written deg f equals m, if it does have degree m.
• and we must consider, that since -- unfortunately -- we are forced to live togethe
  he most important thing for us to remember is that the only way in which we can have any law at all is to have as little of it as possible....
• Let him who expects one class of society to prosper in the highest degree, while the other is in distress, try whether one side of the face can smile while the other is pinched.
  -- Thomas Fulle...
• There has never yet been a human society worthy of the name of civilization.
  Civilization remains a remote ideal. -- Edward Abbey...
• The heart has its prisons that intelligence cannot unlock. -- Marcel Jouhandeau, "De la grandeu
• As a general rule, the freedom of any people can be judged by the volume of their laughter.