Nature has never read the Declaration of Independence. It continues to make us unequal.

Quote by Will Durant

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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.

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...

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...

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...

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 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.

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...

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...

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

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

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

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

Does history support a belief in God? If by God we mean not the creative...

Does history support a belief in God? If by God we mean not the creative...

A statesman cannot afford to be a moralist.

A statesman cannot afford to be a moralist.

Moral codes adjust themselves to environmental conditions.

Moral codes adjust themselves to environmental conditions.

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...

Bankers know that history is inflationary and that money is the last thing a wise...

Bankers know that history is inflationary and that money is the last thing a wise...

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...

Friends are helpful not only because they will listen to us, but because they will...

Friends are helpful not only because they will listen to us, but because they will...

Civilization is the order and freedom is promoting cultural activity.

Civilization is the order and freedom is promoting cultural activity.

Every science begins as philosophy and ends as art.

Every science begins as philosophy and ends as art.

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.