In my youth I stressed freedom, and in my old age I stress order. I have made the great discovery that liberty is a product of order.
WILL DURANTThe family is the nucleus of civilization.
More Will Durant Quotes
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Man became free when he recognized that he was subject to law.
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There have been only 268 of the past 3,421 years free of war.
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Every form of government tends to perish by excess of its basic principle.
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Every vice was once a virtue, and may become respectable again, just as hatred becomes respectable in wartime.
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Moral codes adjust themselves to environmental conditions.
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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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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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Truth always originates in a minority of one, and every custom begins as a broken precedent.
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Civilization is the order and freedom is promoting cultural activity.
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Nature has never read the Declaration of Independence. It continues to make us unequal.
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Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.
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To speak ill of others is a dishonest way of praising ourselves.
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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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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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