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

Quote by Will Durant

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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...

Men forget that a value judgment has a raison d'Ãªtre only as a preparation for...

Men forget that a value judgment has a raison d'Ãªtre only as a preparation for...

Education is the transmission of civilization.

Education is the transmission of civilization.

Inquiry is fatal to certainty

Inquiry is fatal to certainty

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...

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

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

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

Continue to express your dissent and your needs, but remember to remain civilized, for you...

Continue to express your dissent and your needs, but remember to remain civilized, for you...

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

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

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.

A statesman cannot afford to be a moralist.

A statesman cannot afford to be a moralist.

Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.

Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.

Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.

Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.

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...

There have been only 268 of the past 3,421 years free of war.

There have been only 268 of the past 3,421 years free of war.

Civilization is the order and freedom is promoting cultural activity.

Civilization is the order and freedom is promoting cultural activity.