“It is up to the school more than anything else to work against barbarism. ... By barbarism, I do not mean the Beatles.”
“I do not believe, from what I have been told about this people, that there is anything barbarous or savage about them, except that we all call barbarous anything that is contrary to our own habits.”
“...an acquaintance with the great works of art and thought is the only real insurance against the barbarism of the time.”
“In revenge and in love woman is more barbaric than man is.”
“Truth and trust are the means by which civilization holds off barbarism.”
“Growing up is such a barbarous business, full of inconvenience... and pimples.”