The civilization of one epoch becomes the manure of the next.
Cyril Connolly (1903 - 1974)
Source: The Unquiet Grave (1948).
Contributed by: bajarbattu
Nature does have manure and she does have roots as well as blossoms, and you can't hate the manure and blame the roots for not being blossoms.
R. Buckminster Fuller (1895 - 1983)
Contributed by: Zaady