Every form of government tends to perish by excess of its basic principle.

Quote by Will Durant

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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...

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 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...

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

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

To say nothing, especially when speaking, is half the art of diplomacy.

To say nothing, especially when speaking, is half the art of diplomacy.

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...

Inquiry is fatal to certainty

Inquiry is fatal to certainty

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...

History is mostly guessing; the rest is prejudice.

History is mostly guessing; the rest is prejudice.

Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.

Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.

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

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

Moral codes adjust themselves to environmental conditions.

Moral codes adjust themselves to environmental conditions.

To say nothing, especially when speaking, is half the art of diplomacy.

To say nothing, especially when speaking, is half the art of diplomacy.

Inquiry is fatal to certainty.

Inquiry is fatal to certainty.

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...

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...

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...

If man asks for many laws it is only because he is sure that his...

If man asks for many laws it is only because he is sure that his...

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...

The family is the nucleus of civilization.

The family is the nucleus of civilization.