In a civilized society, the goodness of a place and its caretaker is measured by how neat and clean that place is. To quote Brian Aldiss, “Civilization is the distance that man has placed between himself and his own excreta”. It is very important for one and all to keep their surroundings clean. It serves many purposes like hygiene maintenance, ecological benefits, and prevention of diseases and beautification of the environment. Some slogans are given here on keeping the surroundings clean:

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  Cleanliness is next to Godliness

  
  


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  Be Keen to Keep your Environment Clean

  
  


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  Keep your city clean and green for future generations to be seen.

  
  


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  Don’t be a litterbug. Give trees a hug.

  
  


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  Don’t litter, it makes the world bitter.

  
  


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  Cleanliness is like Orderliness and next to Holiness and so we should have carefulness.

  
  


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  Don’t pay the price, keep the surroundings nice.

  
  


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  It does not require money to keep the surroundings neat, clean and dignified.

  
  

Just like physical cleanliness, it is important to keep one’s mind clean too by keeping negative thoughts at bay. Though how successful we are at doing this is not known. There is doubt even about the will to keep the mind clean.