Truth always originates in a minority of one, and every custom begins as a broken precedent.
WILL DURANTIf man asks for many laws it is only because he is sure that his neighbor needs them; privately he is an unphilosophical anarchist, and thinks laws in his own case superfluous.
More Will Durant Quotes
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Truth always originates in a minority of one, and every custom begins as a broken precedent.
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If man asks for many laws it is only because he is sure that his neighbor needs them; privately he is an unphilosophical anarchist, and thinks laws in his own case superfluous.
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Nothing is often a good thing to say, and always a clever thing to say.
WILL DURANTNothing is often a good thing to say, and always a clever thing to say.
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The love we have in our youth is superficial compared to the love that an old man has for his old wife.
WILL DURANTThe love we have in our youth is superficial compared to the love that an old man has for his old wife.
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There have been only 268 of the past 3,421 years free of war.
WILL DURANTThere have been only 268 of the past 3,421 years free of war.
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We Americans are the best informed people on earth as to the events of the last twenty-four hours.
WILL DURANTWe Americans are the best informed people on earth as to the events of the last twenty-four hours.
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Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.
WILL DURANTEducation is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.
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I am not against hasty marriages, where a mutual flame is fanned by an adequate income.
WILL DURANTI am not against hasty marriages, where a mutual flame is fanned by an adequate income.
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Woe to him who teaches men faster than they can learn.
WILL DURANTWoe to him who teaches men faster than they can learn.
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When liberty becomes license, dictatorship is near.
WILL DURANTWhen liberty becomes license, dictatorship is near.
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Our knowledge is a receding mirage in an expanding desert of ignorance.
WILL DURANTOur knowledge is a receding mirage in an expanding desert of ignorance.
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A statesman cannot afford to be a moralist.
WILL DURANTA statesman cannot afford to be a moralist.
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Education is the transmission of civilization.
WILL DURANTEducation is the transmission of civilization.
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The family is the nucleus of civilization.
WILL DURANTThe family is the nucleus of civilization.
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Civilization is the order and freedom is promoting cultural activity.
WILL DURANTCivilization is the order and freedom is promoting cultural activity.
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Man became free when he recognized that he was subject to law.
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