History is mostly guessing; the rest is prejudice.

Quote by Will Durant

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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...

A statesman cannot afford to be a moralist.

A statesman cannot afford to be a moralist.

Every science begins as philosophy and ends as art.

Every science begins as philosophy and ends as art.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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 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.

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...

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...

The supreme end of education is expert discernment in all things--the power to tell the...

The supreme end of education is expert discernment in all things--the power to tell the...

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...

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...

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.

All over the world the wildlife that I write about is in grave danger. It...

All over the world the wildlife that I write about is in grave danger. It...

I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War...

I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War...