We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. WILL DURANT ActExcellenceHabit
The political machine triumphs because it is a united minority acting against a divided majority. WILL DURANT ActAgainstCountryDivideMachineMajorityMinorityPersonPoliticalUnited
Man became free when he recognized that he was subject to law. WILL DURANT BecomeFreeLawManRecognizeSubject
Our knowledge is a receding mirage in an expanding desert of ignorance. WILL DURANT DesertExpandIgnoranceKnowledgeMirageOurReceding
Truth always originates in a minority of one, and every custom begins as a broken precedent. WILL DURANT AlwaysBeginBrokeCustomEveryMinorityOneOriginatePrecedentTruth
Knowledge is the eye of desire and can become the pilot of the soul. WILL DURANT BecomeDesireEyeKnowledgePilotSoul
There is nothing in socialism that a little age or a little money will not cure. WILL DURANT AgeCureLittleMoneyNotNothingSocialismWill
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 AllCountryEnoughFoolLargeMayPeopleRuleTimeTrue
Civilization exists by geological consent, subject to change without notice. WILL DURANT ChangeCivilizationConsentExistGeologicalNoticeSubject
Civilization begins with order, grows with liberty and dies with chaos. WILL DURANT BeginChoasCivilizationDieGrowLibertyOrder
The love we have in our youth is superficial compared to the love that an old man has for his old wife. WILL DURANT AmnCompareLoveOldOurSuperficialWifeYouth
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. WILL DURANT AnarchistAskCaseForLawManManyNeedNeighbourOwnPrivatelySuperfluousSureThinkUnphilosphical
Sixty years ago I knew everything; now I know nothing; education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance. WILL DURANT AgoDiscoveryEducationEverythingIgnoranceKnewKnowNowOwnProgressiveSixtyYera
