One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and always a clever thing to say.
WILL DURANTBankers know that history is inflationary and that money is the last thing a wise man will hoard.
More Will Durant Quotes
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Civilization begins with order, grows with liberty and dies with chaos.
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The political machine triumphs because it is a united minority acting against a divided majority.
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Man became free when he recognized that he was subject to law.
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We are living in the excesses of freedom. Just take a look at 42nd Street and Broadway.
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There is nothing in socialism that a little age or a little money will not cure.
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The most interesting thing in the world is another human being who wonders, suffers and raises the questions that have bothered him to the last day of his life, knowing he will never get the answers.
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Moral codes adjust themselves to environmental conditions.
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To say nothing, especially when speaking, is half the art of diplomacy.
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A statesman cannot afford to be a moralist.
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Every science begins as philosophy and ends as art.
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Sixty years ago I knew everything; now I know nothing; education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.
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To speak ill of others is a dishonest way of praising ourselves.
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The family is the nucleus of civilization.
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Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.
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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.
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