History is mostly guessing; the rest is prejudice.

Quote by Will Durant

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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.

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.

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...

Every science begins as philosophy and ends as art.

Every science begins as philosophy and ends as art.

Inquiry is fatal to certainty.

Inquiry is fatal to certainty.

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.

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...

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

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

Even when repressed, inequality grows; only the man who is below the average in economic...

Even when repressed, inequality grows; only the man who is below the average in economic...

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...

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...

When liberty becomes license, dictatorship is near.

When liberty becomes license, dictatorship is near.

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...

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...

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.

A student can win twelve letters at a university without learning how to write one.

A student can win twelve letters at a university without learning how to write one.

Upon the education of the people of this country the fate of this country depends.

Upon the education of the people of this country the fate of this country depends.

If you think education is expensive, try ignorance

If you think education is expensive, try ignorance