It is not a disaster to be unable to capture your ideal, but it is a disaster to have no ideal to capture. It is not a disgrace not to reach the stars, but it is a disgrace to have no stars to reach for. So you think that money is the root of all evil. The lavish meal is a symbol of the fact that abundant consumption is the result and reward of production. The spread of evil is the symptom of a vacuum.
Civilization is the progress toward a society of privacy.
The savage's whole existence is public, ruled by the laws of his tribe. Civilization is the process of setting man free from men. He had a big head and a face so ugly it became almost fascinating. Although modesty is natural to man, it is not natural to children. Contentment is natural wealth, luxury is artificial poverty.