Quotes by Savagery We always thought the living Earth was a thing of beauty. It isn’t. Life has had to learn to defend itself against the planet’s random geological savagery. Arthur C. Clarke savagery planets earth Civilization is only savagery silver-gilt. H. Rider Haggard savagery silver civilization The more I see of what you call civilization, the more highly I think of what you call savagery! Robert E. Howard savagery civilization thinking