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...

Moral codes adjust themselves to environmental conditions.

Moral codes adjust themselves to environmental conditions.

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.

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.

Education is the transmission of civilization.

Education is the transmission of civilization.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

Every science begins as philosophy and ends as art

Every science begins as philosophy and ends as art

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...

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

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

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...

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

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

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...

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...

A statesman cannot afford to be a moralist.

A statesman cannot afford to be a moralist.

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

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