Moral codes adjust themselves to environmental conditions.

Quote by Will Durant

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

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

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...

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...

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...

There is nothing in socialism that a little age or a little money will not...

There is nothing in socialism that a little age or a little money will not...

Knowledge is the eye of desire and can become the pilot of the soul.

Knowledge is the eye of desire and can become the pilot of the soul.

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...

In my youth I stressed freedom, and in my old age I stress order. I...

In my youth I stressed freedom, and in my old age I stress order. I...

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

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

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...

If man asks for many laws it is only because he is sure that his...

If man asks for many laws it is only because he is sure that his...

Truth always originates in a minority of one, and every custom begins as a broken...

Truth always originates in a minority of one, and every custom begins as a broken...

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...

The family is the nucleus of civilization.

The family is the nucleus of civilization.

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...

When liberty becomes license, dictatorship is near.

When liberty becomes license, dictatorship is near.

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

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

Chaos is my friend today.

Chaos is my friend today.

Not chaos-like together crushed and bruised, But as the world, harmoniously confused, Where order in...

Not chaos-like together crushed and bruised, But as the world, harmoniously confused, Where order in...

Chaos is a friend of mine.

Chaos is a friend of mine.

Prejudices are the props of civilization

Prejudices are the props of civilization

Liberty must be limited in order to be possessed

Liberty must be limited in order to be possessed

Order is Heaven's first law

Order is Heaven's first law