civilized
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Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. said External link “taxes are what we pay for civilized society,” suggesting we get what we pay for.
From Barron's • Apr. 14, 2026
The second is performed less persuasively, in part because the world is now a coarse place, much less receptive to his civilized ideas.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026
“She was such a civilized, cultural person,” Stasevska says of her grandmother, adding that she taught her grandkids everything she knew about her home country.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 27, 2026
Instead, he embraced the manly duty of the “great civilized nations of the present day” to ensure that the countries of the Western Hemisphere remain “stable, orderly, and prosperous.”
From Salon • Dec. 27, 2025
Or that eating hedgehogs is simply not a civilized act?”
From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell
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