“Unshined shoes are the end of civilization.”
“I zoomed in on the shoe department like a blonde homing pigeon. Shoes, shoes everywhere! Ah, sweet shoes. I truly think you can take the measure of a civilization by looking at its footwear.”
“The end of the human race will be that it will eventually die of civilization.”
“Expression and communication are essential; without these, civilization ends.”
“And here was the moment. The end of it all, for civilization was merely another name for friendship, and friendship was coming to an end.”
“In the very end, civilizations perish because they listen to their politicians and not to their poets.”