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

Quote by Will Durant

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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...

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

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

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...

We Americans are the best informed people on earth as to the events of the...

We Americans are the best informed people on earth as to the events of the...

We are living in the excesses of freedom. Just take a look at 42nd Street...

We are living in the excesses of freedom. Just take a look at 42nd Street...

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...

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...

Even when repressed, inequality grows; only the man who is below the average in economic...

Even when repressed, inequality grows; only the man who is below the average in economic...

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.

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

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

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.

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.

History is mostly guessing; the rest is prejudice.

History is mostly guessing; the rest is prejudice.

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...

A statesman cannot afford to be a moralist.

A statesman cannot afford to be a moralist.

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.