Civilized people must, I believe, satisfy the following criteria: 1) They respect human beings as individuals and are therefore always tolerant, gentle, courteous and amenable ... They do not create scenes over a hammer or a mislaid eraser; they do not make you feel they are conferring a great benefit on you when they live with you, and they don't make a scandal when they leave. (...) 2) They have compassion for other people besides beggars and cats. Their hearts suffer the pain of what is hidden to the naked eye. (...) 3) They respect other people's property, and therefore pay their debts. 4) They are not devious, and they fear lies as they fear fire. They don't tell lies even in the most trivial matters. To lie to someone is to insult them, and the liar is diminished in the eyes of the person he lies to. Civilized people don't put on airs; they behave in the street as they would at home, they don't show off to impress their juniors. (...) 5) They don't run themselves down in order to provoke the sympathy of others. They don't play on other people's heartstrings to be sighed over and cosseted ... that sort of thing is just cheap striving for effects, it's vulgar, old hat and false. (...) 6) They are not vain. They don't waste time with the fake jewellery of hobnobbing with celebrities, being permitted to shake the hand of a drunken [judicial orator], the exaggerated bonhomie of the first person they meet at the Salon, being the life and soul of the bar ... They regard prases like 'I am a representative of the Press!!' -- the sort of thing one only hears from [very minor journalists] -- as absurd. If they have done a brass farthing's work they don't pass it off as if it were 100 roubles' by swanking about with their portfolios, and they don't boast of being able to gain admission to places other people aren't allowed in (...) True talent always sits in the shade, mingles with the crowd, avoids the limelight ... As Krylov said, the empty barrel makes more noise than the full one. (...) 7) If they do possess talent, they value it ... They take pride in it ... they know they have a responsibility to exert a civilizing influence on [others] rather than aimlessly hanging out with them. And they are fastidious in their habits. (...) 8) They work at developing their aesthetic sensibility ... Civilized people don't simply obey their baser instincts ... they require mens sana in corpore sano . And so on. That's what civilized people are like ... Reading Pickwick and learning a speech from Faust by heart is not enough if your aim is to become a truly civilized person and not to sink below the level of your surroundings. [From a letter to Nikolay Chekhov, March 1886]
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ANTON LAVEY I tend to clam up with a tape recorder in front of me-I hesitate for prudent reasons, so I don't say... ANTON LAVEY A friend of mine who was a founding father of the Church of Satan, who later I compared notes with, ... ANTON LAVEY Yeah, well, I'm crazy, but I'm not stupid, hopefully. And I think we're all a bit crazy if we do any... ANTON LAVEY We are so inculcated with guilt that we think that weakness is a sin or that it is some crime agains... ANTON LAVEY I see nothing wrong with robbing somebody on the street. ANTON LAVEY Hitler's greatest mistake was in, not his bringing together some of the things he tried to bring tog... ANTON LAVEY It is possible this could be a bluff from the government to push both parties to come to the negotia... ANTON GUNAWAN BI will wait until the electricity hike is revealed. ANTON GUNAWAN The sharp downtrend is unlikely to be sustainable particularly from year-end onward because of the s... ANTON GUNAWAN The sharp downtrend is unlikely to be sustainable particularly from year-end onward because of the s... ANTON GUNAWAN This is slightly positive for investors' perceptions, especially foreigners, in the sense that it ha... ANTON GUNAWAN We are deeply pleased that the government has agreed to the smooth implementation of the ceasefire a... ANTON BALASINGHAM The government has agreed to implement a clause in the agreement in relation to the paramilitary gro... ANTON BALASINGHAM We are deeply pleased that the government has agreed to the smooth implementation of the cease-fire ... ANTON BALASINGHAM On our part we have given our assurance there will be no act of violence by the L.T.T.E. against gov... ANTON BALASINGHAM Even if the issues discussed transcend the confines of the text of the original truce, they cannot b... ANTON BALASINGHAM On our part we have pledged that there will be no acts of violence. At the same time we want the gov... ANTON BALASINGHAM The agenda is one line, but there are one thousand matters to discuss (on the ceasefire). ANTON BALASINGHAM It will lead to conditions of war and violence and it will block any forward movement of the peace t... ANTON BALASINGHAM It would serve no meaningful purpose if we enter into a recriminatory debate, making accusations and... ANTON BALASINGHAM As far as the Liberation Tigers are concerned, I can assure you that we are seriously and sincerely ... ANTON BALASINGHAM Up until now, the security situation across the country remains safe and under control. We will cont... ANTON ALAM Anarchy is a form of crime ... We will search the perpetrators, detain them and bring them to trial. ANTON ALAM We are now looking for those responsible for the destruction of the police office. We will summon fi... ANTON ALAM All of the protesters left after conducting a tribal ceremony. There is no more blockade and all acc... ANTON ALAM It was a high explosive bomb but at this stage we are still investigating the type of bomb, whether ... ANTON ALAM We had watched (the militant group) for three months and we wanted to capture him soon. But he was n... ANTON ALAM But we have not yet launched a probe into the report. We are still focusing on the investigation int... ANTON ALAM I don't have lights, I don't have assistants, I just go and meet somebody and take a photogr... ANTON CORBIJN I photograph artists, and some of them are very well known, but if you ask the average man on the st... ANTON CORBIJN Teenagers are like atoms when they're moving at hundreds of miles an hour and bouncing off each ... ANTON YELCHIN I'm fascinated by how ethnic communities have assimilated into massive capitalist environments. ANTON YELCHIN My photography changed from being more documentary-like to arranging things more, and that came into... ANTON CORBIJN I love Andy Warhol! ANTON YELCHIN