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The leading characteristic of the savage state is its refusal or avoidance of industry. - Arthur Brisbane Exterminate all brutes. - Joseph Conrad (Teodor Josef Konrad Korzeniowski) Savages we call them because their manners differ from ours. - Benjamin Franklin When man is not properly trained, he is the most savage animal on the face of the globe. - Plato (originally Aristocles} Man is neither by birth nor disposition a savage, nor of unsocial habits, but only becomes so by indulging in vices contrary to his nature. - Plutarch Wolves and bears, they say, casting their savagery aside, have done like offices of pity. - William Shakespeare The most savage people are also the ugliest. - Mary Somerville
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