One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and always a clever thing to say

Quote by Will Durant

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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...

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...

Civilization exists by geological consent, subject to change without notice.

Civilization exists by geological consent, subject to change without notice.

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...

As soon as liberty is complete it dies in anarchy.

As soon as liberty is complete it dies in anarchy.

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...

Inquiry is fatal to certainty.

Inquiry is fatal to certainty.

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.

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.

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

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

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

Education is the transmission of civilization.

Education is the transmission of civilization.

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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

When liberty becomes license, dictatorship is near.

When liberty becomes license, dictatorship is near.

Civilization is the order and freedom is promoting cultural activity.

Civilization is the order and freedom is promoting cultural activity.

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

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