Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.

Quote by Will Durant

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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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

As soon as liberty is complete it dies in anarchy.

As soon as liberty is complete it dies in anarchy.

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.

Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.

Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.

When liberty becomes license, dictatorship is near.

When liberty becomes license, dictatorship is near.

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...

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.

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 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...

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...

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...

Moral codes adjust themselves to environmental conditions.

Moral codes adjust themselves to environmental conditions.

I am not against hasty marriages, where a mutual flame is fanned by an adequate...

I am not against hasty marriages, where a mutual flame is fanned by an adequate...