Author

Will Durant

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“Civilization exists by geological consent, subject to change without notice.”— Will Durant
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“There is nothing in socialism that a little age or a little money will not cure.”— Will Durant
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“Every science begins as philosophy and ends as art.”— Will Durant
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“To say nothing, especially when speaking, is half the art of diplomacy.”— Will Durant
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“We Americans are the best informed people on earth as to the events of the last twenty-four hours we are the not the best informed as the events of the last sixty centuries.”— Will Durant
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“Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.”— Will Durant
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“Education is the transmission of civilization.”— Will Durant
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“Sixty years ago I knew everything now I know nothing education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.”— Will Durant
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“Moral codes adjust themselves to environmental conditions.”— Will Durant
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“The family is the nucleus of civilization.”— Will Durant
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“We are living in the excesses of freedom. Just take a look at 42nd Street and Broadway.”— Will Durant
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“Civilization is the order and freedom is promoting cultural activity.”— Will Durant
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“To speak ill of others is a dishonest way of praising ourselves. Nothing is often a good thing to say, and always a clever thing to say.”— Will Durant
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“Every form of government tends to perish by excess of its basic principle.”— Will Durant
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“One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and always a clever thing to say.”— Will Durant
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“History is mostly guessing the rest is prejudice.”— Will Durant
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“Bankers know that history is inflationary and that money is the last thing a wise man will hoard.”— Will Durant
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“The trouble with most people is that they think with their hopes or fears or wishes rather than with their minds.”— Will Durant
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“Knowledge is the eye of desire and can become the pilot of the soul.”— Will Durant
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“Science gives us knowledge, but only philosophy can give us wisdom.”— Will Durant
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“Our knowledge is a receding mirage in an expanding desert of ignorance.”— Will Durant
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“Nature has never read the Declaration of Independence. It continues to make us unequal.”— Will Durant
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“It may be true that you can't fool all the people all the time, but you can fool enough of them to rule a large country.”— Will Durant
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“Truth always originates in a minority of one, and every custom begins as a broken precedent.”— Will Durant
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“In my youth I stressed freedom, and in my old age I stress order. I have made the great discovery that liberty is a product of order.”— Will Durant