Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.
WILL DURANTOne of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and always a clever thing to say.
More Will Durant Quotes
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We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.
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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 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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We are living in the excesses of freedom. Just take a look at 42nd Street and Broadway.
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Nothing is often a good thing to say, and always a clever thing to say.
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Civilization is the order and freedom is promoting cultural activity.
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I am not against hasty marriages, where a mutual flame is fanned by an adequate income.
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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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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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Moral codes adjust themselves to environmental conditions.
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Woe to him who teaches men faster than they can learn.
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To speak ill of others is a dishonest way of praising ourselves.
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Science gives us knowledge, but only philosophy can give us wisdom.
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The family is the nucleus of civilization.
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Knowledge is the eye of desire and can become the pilot of the soul.
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