Most of us spend too much time on the last twenty-four hours and too little on the last six thousand years

Quote by Will Durant

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We Americans are the best informed people on earth as to the events of the...

We Americans are the best informed people on earth as to the events of the...

The political machine triumphs because it is a united minority acting against a divided majority.

The political machine triumphs because it is a united minority acting against a divided majority.

To say nothing, especially when speaking, is half the art of diplomacy.

To say nothing, especially when speaking, is half the art of diplomacy.

Nature has never read the Declaration of Independence. It continues to make us unequal.

Nature has never read the Declaration of Independence. It continues to make us unequal.

History is mostly guessing; the rest is prejudice.

History is mostly guessing; the rest is prejudice.

Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.

Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.

The ego is willing but the machine cannot go on. It's the last thing a...

The ego is willing but the machine cannot go on. It's the last thing a...

Every form of government tends to perish by excess of its basic principle.

Every form of government tends to perish by excess of its basic principle.

The supreme end of education is expert discernment in all things--the power to tell the...

The supreme end of education is expert discernment in all things--the power to tell the...

Does history support a belief in God? If by God we mean not the creative...

Does history support a belief in God? If by God we mean not the creative...

Man became free when he recognized that he was subject to law.

Man became free when he recognized that he was subject to law.

We are living in the excesses of freedom. Just take a look at 42nd Street...

We are living in the excesses of freedom. Just take a look at 42nd Street...

India was the mother of our race and Sanskrit the mother of Europe's languages. She...

India was the mother of our race and Sanskrit the mother of Europe's languages. She...

Woe to him who teaches men faster than they can learn.

Woe to him who teaches men faster than they can learn.

Tired mothers find that spanking takes less time than reasoning and penetrates sooner to the...

Tired mothers find that spanking takes less time than reasoning and penetrates sooner to the...

The love we have in our youth is superficial compared to the love that an...

The love we have in our youth is superficial compared to the love that an...

In my youth I stressed freedom, and in my old age I stress order. I...

In my youth I stressed freedom, and in my old age I stress order. I...

Civilization is the order and freedom is promoting cultural activity.

Civilization is the order and freedom is promoting cultural activity.

Every science begins as philosophy and ends as art.

Every science begins as philosophy and ends as art.

The most interesting thing in the world is another human being who wonders, suffers and...

The most interesting thing in the world is another human being who wonders, suffers and...