There have been only 268 of the past 3,421 years free of war.
WILL DURANTThe family is the nucleus of civilization.
More Will Durant Quotes
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A statesman cannot afford to be a moralist.
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Every form of government tends to perish by excess of its basic principle.
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Truth always originates in a minority of one, and every custom begins as a broken precedent.
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Knowledge is the eye of desire and can become the pilot of the soul.
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Our knowledge is a receding mirage in an expanding desert of ignorance.
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When liberty becomes license, dictatorship is near.
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To speak ill of others is a dishonest way of praising ourselves.
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There is nothing in socialism that a little age or a little money will not cure.
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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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History is mostly guessing; the rest is prejudice.
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Inquiry is fatal to certainty.
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The political machine triumphs because it is a united minority acting against a divided majority.
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Science gives us knowledge, but only philosophy can give us wisdom.
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Civilization exists by geological consent, subject to change without notice.
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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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