I do not believe that civilizations have to die because civilization is not an organism. It is a product of wills.

I do not believe that civilizations have to die because civilization is not an organism. It is a product of wills.

我不认为文明必须消亡，因为文明不是一个有机体。它是意志的产物。

-- Arnold J. Toynbee 汤因比