Nothing is often a good thing to say, and always a clever thing to say.
WILL DURANTCivilization begins with order, grows with liberty and dies with chaos.
More Will Durant Quotes
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Science gives us knowledge, but only philosophy can give us wisdom.
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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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The ego is willing but the machine cannot go on. It’s the last thing a man will admit, that his mind ages.
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The political machine triumphs because it is a united minority acting against a divided majority.
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Woe to him who teaches men faster than they can learn.
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History is mostly guessing; the rest is prejudice.
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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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Civilization is the order and freedom is promoting cultural activity.
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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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A statesman cannot afford to be a moralist.
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Our knowledge is a receding mirage in an expanding desert of ignorance.
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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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Civilization begins with order, grows with liberty and dies with chaos.
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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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