Every science begins as philosophy and ends as art.

Quote by Will Durant

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

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

The love we have in our youth is superficial compared to the love that an...

The love we have in our youth is superficial compared to the love that an...

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

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

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 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...

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...

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 family is the nucleus of civilization.

The family is the nucleus of civilization.

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...

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.

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...

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...

India was the mother of our race and Sanskrit the mother of Europe's languages. She...

India was the mother of our race and Sanskrit the mother of Europe's languages. She...

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

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

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...

History is mostly guessing; the rest is prejudice

History is mostly guessing; the rest is prejudice

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...

Absence and death are the same - only that in death there is no suffering.

Absence and death are the same - only that in death there is no suffering.

When the people stare at the sky and dream of blessedness, or when they quiver...

When the people stare at the sky and dream of blessedness, or when they quiver...

It's a question of whether we're going to go forward into the future or past...

It's a question of whether we're going to go forward into the future or past...