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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Moral codes adjust themselves to environmental conditions.

Moral codes adjust themselves to environmental conditions.

Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.

Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.

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...

History is mostly guessing; the rest is prejudice

History is mostly guessing; the rest is prejudice

Every science begins as philosophy and ends as art

Every science begins as philosophy and ends as art

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

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

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...

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...

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

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

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

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

History is mostly guessing; the rest is prejudice.

History is mostly guessing; the rest is prejudice.

I am not against hasty marriages, where a mutual flame is fanned by an adequate...

I am not against hasty marriages, where a mutual flame is fanned by an adequate...

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.

Civilization is the order and freedom is promoting cultural activity.

Civilization is the order and freedom is promoting cultural activity.

When liberty becomes license, dictatorship is near

When liberty becomes license, dictatorship is near

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...

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

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

As soon as liberty is complete it dies in anarchy.

As soon as liberty is complete it dies in anarchy.

A culture without property, or in which creators can't get paid, is anarchy, not freedom.

A culture without property, or in which creators can't get paid, is anarchy, not freedom.

Can you not see that it is the INDUSTRIAL SYSTEM and not the boss which...

Can you not see that it is the INDUSTRIAL SYSTEM and not the boss which...