Every vice was once a virtue, and may become respectable again, just as hatred becomes respectable in wartime.

Quote by Will Durant

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

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

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.

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...

Civilization begins with order, grows with liberty and dies with chaos.

Civilization begins with order, grows with liberty and dies with chaos.

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...

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

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

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

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

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.

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 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...

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...

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

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

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

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

Bankers know that history is inflationary and that money is the last thing a wise...

Bankers know that history is inflationary and that money is the last thing a wise...

When liberty becomes license, dictatorship is near

When liberty becomes license, dictatorship is near

A statesman cannot afford to be a moralist.

A statesman cannot afford to be a moralist.

History is mostly guessing; the rest is prejudice.

History is mostly guessing; the rest is prejudice.

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...

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.