“The savage bows down to idols of wood and stone, the civilized man to idols of flesh and blood”
George Bernard Shaw
“Difference between savage and civilized man: one is painted, the other gilded”
Mark Twain
“There are many humorous things in the world, among them the white man's notion that he is less savage than the other savages”
“The vast majority of the race, whether savage or civilized, are secretly kind-hearted and shrink from inflicting pain, but in the presence of the aggressive and pitiless minority they don't dare to assert themselves.”
“All the known world, excepting only savage nations, is governed by books.”
Voltaire
“We have not the reverent feeling for the rainbow that a savage has, because we know how it is made. We have lost as much as we gained by prying into that matter.”
“It is only the savage, whether of the African bush or of the American gospel tent, who pretends to know the will and intent of God exactly and completely.”
Henry Louis Mencken
