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

Quote by Will Durant

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Sixty years ago I knew everything; now I know nothing; education is a progressive discovery...

Sixty years ago I knew everything; now I know nothing; education is a progressive discovery...

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...

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.

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

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

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...

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...

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 science begins as philosophy and ends as art.

Every science begins as philosophy and ends as art.

It may be true that you can't fool all the people all the time, but...

It may be true that you can't fool all the people all the time, but...

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 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...

History is mostly guessing; the rest is prejudice

History is mostly guessing; the rest is prejudice

Knowledge is the eye of desire and can become the pilot of the soul.

Knowledge is the eye of desire and can become the pilot of the soul.

When liberty becomes license, dictatorship is near.

When liberty becomes license, dictatorship is near.

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...

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...

The trouble with most people is that they think with their hopes or fears or...

The trouble with most people is that they think with their hopes or fears or...

Hope is one of those things in life you cannot do without

Hope is one of those things in life you cannot do without

Never deprive someone of hope -- it may be all they have

Never deprive someone of hope -- it may be all they have