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

Topics: Life Lesson Quotes

Tired mothers find that spanking takes less time than reasoning and penetrates sooner to the...

Tired mothers find that spanking takes less time than reasoning and penetrates sooner to the...

Inquiry is fatal to certainty.

Inquiry is fatal to certainty.

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.

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

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

The family is the nucleus of civilization.

The family is the nucleus of civilization.

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...

When liberty becomes license, dictatorship is near

When liberty becomes license, dictatorship is near

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.

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...

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...

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

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

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.

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

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

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...

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...

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...

Inquiry is fatal to certainty

Inquiry is fatal to certainty

The trouble with research is that it tells you what people were thinking about yesterday,...

The trouble with research is that it tells you what people were thinking about yesterday,...

Maybe its like this, Max--you know how, when you are working on a long and...

Maybe its like this, Max--you know how, when you are working on a long and...