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

Quote by Will Durant

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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...

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...

Science gives us knowledge, but only philosophy can give us wisdom.

Science gives us knowledge, but only philosophy can give us wisdom.

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.

Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.

Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.

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...

Even when repressed, inequality grows; only the man who is below the average in economic...

Even when repressed, inequality grows; only the man who is below the average in economic...

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

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

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

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

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

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...

History is mostly guessing; the rest is prejudice

History is mostly guessing; the rest is prejudice

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...

Moral codes adjust themselves to environmental conditions.

Moral codes adjust themselves to environmental conditions.

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 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...

To speak ill of others is a dishonest way of praising ourselves. Nothing is often...

To speak ill of others is a dishonest way of praising ourselves. Nothing is often...

When liberty becomes license, dictatorship is near

When liberty becomes license, dictatorship is near

My education was the liberty I had to read indiscriminately and all the time, with...

My education was the liberty I had to read indiscriminately and all the time, with...

Our liberty depends on the freedom of the press, and that cannot be limited without...

Our liberty depends on the freedom of the press, and that cannot be limited without...