Civilization exists by geological consent, subject to change without notice.
WILL DURANTTruth always originates in a minority of one, and every custom begins as a broken precedent.
More Will Durant Quotes
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History is mostly guessing; the rest is prejudice.
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Moral codes adjust themselves to environmental conditions.
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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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There have been only 268 of the past 3,421 years free of war.
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I am not against hasty marriages, where a mutual flame is fanned by an adequate income.
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There is nothing in socialism that a little age or a little money will not cure.
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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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Knowledge is the eye of desire and can become the pilot of the soul.
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Inquiry is fatal to certainty.
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One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and always a clever thing to say.
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Every science begins as philosophy and ends as art.
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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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To speak ill of others is a dishonest way of praising ourselves.
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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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