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Barbarism is needed every four or five hundred years to bring the world back to life. Otherwise it would die of civiliza
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"Barbarism is needed every four or five hundred years to bring the world back to life. Otherwise it would die of civilization"

- Edmond De Goncourt

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This quote by Edmond De Goncourt suggests that world can come to be stationary as well as boring gradually, which a period of primitive culture is necessary to drink things up and bring the globe back to life. He indicates that world can end up being also comfy as well as contented, and that a period of atrocity is needed to break the cycle and produce modification. He recommends that this duration of primitive culture must happen every 4 or 5 hundred years in order to maintain the globe alive and dynamic. This quote implies that barbarism is not always a bad thing, but instead an essential part of the cycle of life. It recommends that without it, the world would certainly come to be also comfortable and also contented, and would eventually die out. It is a suggestion that change is necessary in order for the world to remain alive and also vibrant.

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France Flag This quote is written / told by Edmond De Goncourt between May 26, 1822 and July 16, 1896. He/she was a famous Writer from France. The author also have 15 other quotes.

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