Quotes About Society

because women were also believed to be closer to the raw forces of nature than were males, controlling their power was, for the adult male, part of the larger project of creating human civilization itself.

women had to be controlled and kept from going wild because of their inherent susceptibility to lust; thus men had to exercise aidos, "shame," and sophrosyne, "soundness of mind," to keep women from transgressing the bounds of propriety.

But they had their Christmas, beginning thus with parental advice and continuing through all the acts of contrition, love, and decorum. They put on, over their savage lives, the raiment of society, going diligently through the forms and conventions, and thinking, Now, we are like all other families; but they were timid and shy and stuff, like rustics dressed in evening clothes.

Pay no attention to them, ladies, I beg of you, said Gant scathingly. They are the lowest of the low, the whiskey-besotted dregs of humanity, who deserve to bear not even the name of men, so far have they retrograded backwards. With a flourishing sweep of his slouch hat he departed into the warehouse. By God! said Ambrose Nethersole approvingly. It takes W. O. to tie a knot in the tail of the English language. It always did.

The upper classes are by custom exempt or excluded from industrial occupations, and are reserved for certain employments to which a degree of honour attaches.

THE INSTITUTION of a leisure class is found in its best development at the higher stages of the barbarian culture; as, for instance, in feudal Europe or feudal Japan. In such communities the distinction between classes is very rigorously observed; and the feature of most striking economic significance in these class differences is the distinction maintained between the employments proper to the several classes.

Indeed it is generally the case that men are readier to call rogues clever than simpletons honest, and are ashamed of being the second as they are proud of being the first.

The Society that separates its scholars from its warriors will have its thinking done by cowards and its fighting done by fools.

Society had become divided into two ideologically hostile camps, and each side viewed the other with suspicion.

Capital, it must be remembered, maintains a war more than forced contributions. Farmers

Democracy is incapable of empire

The Athenians were the first to lay aside their weapons, and to adopt an easier and more luxurious mode of life;

The whole of Hellas used once to carry arms, their habitations being unprotected and their communication with each other unsafe; indeed, to wear arms was as much a part of everyday life with them as with the barbarians.

had almost said of mankind. For though the events of remote antiquity

The society that separates its scholars from its warriors will have its thinking done by cowards and its fighting by fools." – Thucydides

had almost said of mankind.

Unlike men writers who marry, most will not have the societal equivalent of a wife-- nor (in a society hostile to growing life) anyone but themselves to mother their children.

La follia è, in un senso quasi spaventoso, la massima libertà possibile perchè ti libera dagli obblighi nei confronti della società.

I don't know if people have gotten ruder or if my tolerance level has declined.

We still don't have a good word to describe what is missing in Cameroon, indeed in poor countries across the world. But we are starting to understand what it is. Some people call it 'social capital, or maybe 'trust'. Others call it 'the rule of law', or 'institutions'. But these are just labels. The problem is that Cameroon, like other poor countries, is a topsy-turvy world in which it's in most people's interest to take action that directly or indirectly damages everyone else.

The complexity of the society we have created for ourselves envelops us so completely that, instead of being dizzied, we take it for granted.

Perilaku kita yang rasional sering kali menjadi senjata makan tuan secara sosial. Tetapi perilaku kita yang rasional juga menghasilkan keajaiban

Most humans she knew were badly damaged individuals.

How can a business create more value for society than it captures for itself?