Moral codes adjust themselves to environmental conditions.

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.

When liberty becomes license, dictatorship is near.

When liberty becomes license, dictatorship is near.

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.

Every science begins as philosophy and ends as art

Every science begins as philosophy and ends as art

As soon as liberty is complete it dies in anarchy.

As soon as liberty is complete it dies in anarchy.

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

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...

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.

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.

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

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

Our knowledge is a receding mirage in an expanding desert of ignorance.

Our knowledge is a receding mirage in an expanding desert of ignorance.

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...

Education is the transmission of civilization.

Education is the transmission of civilization.

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...

I'll moider da bum - when asked what he thought of William Shakespeare

I'll moider da bum - when asked what he thought of William Shakespeare

Once in a while you have to take a break and visit yourself.

Once in a while you have to take a break and visit yourself.

Love makes time pass; time makes love pass

Love makes time pass; time makes love pass