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

Quote by Will Durant

Topics: Chaos Quotes, Civilization Quotes, Liberty Quotes, Order Quotes

Every science begins as philosophy and ends as art.

Every science begins as philosophy and ends as art.

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.

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...

Truth always originates in a minority of one, and every custom begins as a broken...

Truth always originates in a minority of one, and every custom begins as a broken...

When liberty becomes license, dictatorship is near.

When liberty becomes license, dictatorship is near.

Education is the transmission of civilization.

Education is the transmission of civilization.

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 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.

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

Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.

Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.

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...

History is mostly guessing; the rest is prejudice.

History is mostly guessing; the rest is prejudice.

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

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

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...

Friends are helpful not only because they will listen to us, but because they will...

Friends are helpful not only because they will listen to us, but because they will...

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...

Every science begins as philosophy and ends as art

Every science begins as philosophy and ends as art

The great tragedy of Science: the slaying of a beautiful hypothesis by an ugly fact

The great tragedy of Science: the slaying of a beautiful hypothesis by an ugly fact

I think that a particle must have a separate reality independent of the measurements. That...

I think that a particle must have a separate reality independent of the measurements. That...