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

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

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

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

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

As soon as liberty is complete it dies in anarchy.

As soon as liberty is complete it dies in anarchy.

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...

Science gives us knowledge, but only philosophy can give us wisdom.

Science gives us knowledge, but only philosophy can give us wisdom.

Sixty years ago I knew everything; now I know nothing; education is a progressive discovery...

Sixty years ago I knew everything; now I know nothing; education is a progressive discovery...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

Inquiry is fatal to certainty.

Inquiry is fatal to certainty.

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

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

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 big truth, maybe the only truth, is that we don't know anything for sure.

The big truth, maybe the only truth, is that we don't know anything for sure.

A loser doesn't know what he'll do if he loses, but talks about what he'll...

A loser doesn't know what he'll do if he loses, but talks about what he'll...