Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.

Quote by Will Durant

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Inquiry is fatal to certainty

Inquiry is fatal to certainty

Friends are helpful not only because they will listen to us, but because they will...

Friends are helpful not only because they will listen to us, but because they will...

Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.

Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.

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...

History is mostly guessing; the rest is prejudice

History is mostly guessing; the rest is prejudice

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...

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

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

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...

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...

Every science begins as philosophy and ends as art.

Every science begins as philosophy and ends as art.

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.

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

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

Our knowledge is a receding mirage in an expanding desert of ignorance.

Our knowledge is a receding mirage in an expanding desert of ignorance.

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...

Civilization is the order and freedom is promoting cultural activity.

Civilization is the order and freedom is promoting cultural activity.

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.

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...

Moderation is the silken string running through the pearl chain of all virtues.

Moderation is the silken string running through the pearl chain of all virtues.

Our virtues are most often but our vices disguised

Our virtues are most often but our vices disguised

Happiness, whether in despotism or democracy, whether in slavery or liberty, can never be found...

Happiness, whether in despotism or democracy, whether in slavery or liberty, can never be found...