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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Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.

Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.

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...

History is mostly guessing; the rest is prejudice.

History is mostly guessing; the rest is prejudice.

Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.

Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.

Civilization is the order and freedom is promoting cultural activity.

Civilization is the order and freedom is promoting cultural activity.

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...

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

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

Every vice was once a virtue, and may become respectable again, just as hatred becomes...

Every vice was once a virtue, and may become respectable again, just as hatred becomes...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

Every science begins as philosophy and ends as art

Every science begins as philosophy and ends as art

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.

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...

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...

We should not look back unless it is to derive useful lessons from past errors,...

We should not look back unless it is to derive useful lessons from past errors,...

For every question, there is an answer. For every problem, there is a solution. For...

For every question, there is an answer. For every problem, there is a solution. For...