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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The trouble with most people is that they think with their hopes or fears or...

The trouble with most people is that they think with their hopes or fears or...

History is mostly guessing; the rest is prejudice.

History is mostly guessing; the rest is prejudice.

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.

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.

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

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

The family is the nucleus of civilization.

The family is the nucleus of civilization.

When liberty becomes license, dictatorship is near

When liberty becomes license, dictatorship is near

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...

Inquiry is fatal to certainty.

Inquiry is fatal to certainty.

Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.

Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.

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...

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...

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...

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...

I am not against hasty marriages, where a mutual flame is fanned by an adequate...

I am not against hasty marriages, where a mutual flame is fanned by an adequate...

Education is the transmission of civilization.

Education is the transmission of civilization.

Civilization will not last, freedom will not survive, peace will not be kept, unless a...

Civilization will not last, freedom will not survive, peace will not be kept, unless a...

In the last analysis civilization itself is measured by the way in which children will...

In the last analysis civilization itself is measured by the way in which children will...

That's here. That's home. That's us. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone...

That's here. That's home. That's us. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone...

In much of the West, the well educated have been taught to believe that they...

In much of the West, the well educated have been taught to believe that they...