Woe to him who teaches men faster than they can learn.
WILL DURANTI am not against hasty marriages, where a mutual flame is fanned by an adequate income.
More Will Durant Quotes
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Every science begins as philosophy and ends as art.
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To say nothing, especially when speaking, is half the art of diplomacy.
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Inquiry is fatal to certainty.
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History is mostly guessing; the rest is prejudice.
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Bankers know that history is inflationary and that money is the last thing a wise man will hoard.
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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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Most of us spend too much time on the last twenty-four hours and too little on the last six thousand years.
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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.
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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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Tired mothers find that spanking takes less time than reasoning and penetrates sooner to the seat of the memory.
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Civilization is the order and freedom is promoting cultural activity.
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A statesman cannot afford to be a moralist.
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To speak ill of others is a dishonest way of praising ourselves.
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Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.
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Our knowledge is a receding mirage in an expanding desert of ignorance.
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