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.

Quote by Will Durant

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Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.

Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.

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

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

Civilization exists by geological consent, subject to change without notice.

Civilization exists by geological consent, subject to change without notice.

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...

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

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

When liberty becomes license, dictatorship is near.

When liberty becomes license, dictatorship is near.

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...

Drunkenness was in good repute in England till Bloody Mary frowned upon it; it remained...

Drunkenness was in good repute in England till Bloody Mary frowned upon it; it remained...

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...

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...

History is mostly guessing; the rest is prejudice.

History is mostly guessing; the rest is prejudice.

As soon as liberty is complete it dies in anarchy.

As soon as liberty is complete it dies in anarchy.

I am not against hasty marriages, where a mutual flame is fanned by an adequate...

I am not against hasty marriages, where a mutual flame is fanned by an adequate...

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...

Every vice was once a virtue, and may become respectable again, just as hatred becomes...

Every vice was once a virtue, and may become respectable again, just as hatred becomes...

There is nothing in socialism that a little age or a little money will not...

There is nothing in socialism that a little age or a little money will not...

Every vice was once a virtue, and may become respectable again, just as hatred becomes...

Every vice was once a virtue, and may become respectable again, just as hatred becomes...

Civilization begins with order, grows with liberty and dies with chaos.

Civilization begins with order, grows with liberty and dies with chaos.

One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to...

One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to...