Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.

Quote by Will Durant

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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.

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...

Drunkenness was in good repute in England till Bloody Mary frowned upon it; it remained...

Drunkenness was in good repute in England till Bloody Mary frowned upon it; it remained...

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.

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

Every science begins as philosophy and ends as art

Every science begins as philosophy and ends as art

History is mostly guessing; the rest is prejudice

History is mostly guessing; the rest is prejudice

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 family is the nucleus of civilization.

The family is the nucleus of civilization.

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...

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...

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...

When liberty becomes license, dictatorship is near.

When liberty becomes license, dictatorship is near.

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...

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.

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...

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...

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

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

History is mostly guessing; the rest is prejudice.

History is mostly guessing; the rest is prejudice.

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

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