Drunkenness was in good repute in England till Bloody Mary frowned upon it; it remained popular in Germany. The French drank more stably, not being quite so cold.

Quote by Will Durant

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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...

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...

Inquiry is fatal to certainty

Inquiry is fatal to certainty

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...

Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.

Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.

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.

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...

Education is the transmission of civilization.

Education is the transmission of civilization.

When liberty becomes license, dictatorship is near

When liberty becomes license, dictatorship is near

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

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

Every science begins as philosophy and ends as art

Every science begins as philosophy and ends as art

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...

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...

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...

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.

Civilization is the order and freedom is promoting cultural activity.

Civilization is the order and freedom is promoting cultural activity.

Inquiry is fatal to certainty.

Inquiry is fatal to certainty.

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...

Where you see valid achievements or virtue being attacked, it's by someone viewing them as...

Where you see valid achievements or virtue being attacked, it's by someone viewing them as...

When we are planning for posterity, we ought to remember that virtue is not hereditary

When we are planning for posterity, we ought to remember that virtue is not hereditary