Inquiry is fatal to certainty.
WILL DURANTOur knowledge is a receding mirage in an expanding desert of ignorance.
More Will Durant Quotes
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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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The political machine triumphs because it is a united minority acting against a divided majority.
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Every form of government tends to perish by excess of its basic principle.
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History is mostly guessing; the rest is prejudice.
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To speak ill of others is a dishonest way of praising ourselves.
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We Americans are the best informed people on earth as to the events of the last twenty-four hours.
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The family is the nucleus of civilization.
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To say nothing, especially when speaking, is half the art of diplomacy.
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Education is the transmission of civilization.
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When liberty becomes license, dictatorship is near.
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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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Every science begins as philosophy and ends as art.
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Knowledge is the eye of desire and can become the pilot of the soul.
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I am not against hasty marriages, where a mutual flame is fanned by an adequate income.
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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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