Most of us spend too much time on the last twenty-four hours and too little on the last six thousand years

Quote by Will Durant

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To speak ill of others is a dishonest way of praising ourselves. Nothing is often...

To speak ill of others is a dishonest way of praising ourselves. Nothing is often...

History is mostly guessing; the rest is prejudice.

History is mostly guessing; the rest is prejudice.

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

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

Education is the transmission of civilization.

Education is the transmission of civilization.

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

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...

Men forget that a value judgment has a raison d'Ãªtre only as a preparation for...

Men forget that a value judgment has a raison d'Ãªtre only as a preparation for...

Civilization is the order and freedom is promoting cultural activity.

Civilization is the order and freedom is promoting cultural activity.

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...

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...

Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.

Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.

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...

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.

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...

Inquiry is fatal to certainty

Inquiry is fatal to certainty

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

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

Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.

Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.

To be a man is to be responsible. It is to feel shame at the...

To be a man is to be responsible. It is to feel shame at the...

Courage is the discovery that you may not win, and trying when you know you...

Courage is the discovery that you may not win, and trying when you know you...

Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the...

Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the...

Education can't make us all leaders, but it can teach us which leader to follow.

Education can't make us all leaders, but it can teach us which leader to follow.

Ignorance is when you don't know something and someone finds out

Ignorance is when you don't know something and someone finds out