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

Quote by Will Durant

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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

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...

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...

Every science begins as philosophy and ends as art.

Every science begins as philosophy and ends as art.

Civilization begins with order, grows with liberty and dies with chaos.

Civilization begins with order, grows with liberty and dies with chaos.

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...

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.

Civilization exists by geological consent, subject to change without notice.

Civilization exists by geological consent, subject to change without notice.

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...

Bankers know that history is inflationary and that money is the last thing a wise...

Bankers know that history is inflationary and that money is the last thing a wise...

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...

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...

Moral codes adjust themselves to environmental conditions.

Moral codes adjust themselves to environmental conditions.

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 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...

History is mostly guessing; the rest is prejudice

History is mostly guessing; the rest is prejudice

The whole course of human history may depend on a change of heart in one...

The whole course of human history may depend on a change of heart in one...

Fellow citizens, we cannot escape history

Fellow citizens, we cannot escape history