Science gives us knowledge, but only philosophy can give us wisdom.

Quote by Will Durant

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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...

Moral codes adjust themselves to environmental conditions.

Moral codes adjust themselves to environmental conditions.

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...

Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.

Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.

It may be true that you can't fool all the people all the time, but...

It may be true that you can't fool all the people all the time, but...

India was the mother of our race and Sanskrit the mother of Europe's languages. She...

India was the mother of our race and Sanskrit the mother of Europe's languages. She...

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

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

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

Inquiry is fatal to certainty.

Inquiry is fatal to certainty.

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...

Education is the transmission of civilization.

Education is the transmission of civilization.

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.

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.

When a radio comedian's program is finally finished it slinks down Memory Lane into the...

When a radio comedian's program is finally finished it slinks down Memory Lane into the...

More than in any other performing arts the lack of respect for acting seems to...

More than in any other performing arts the lack of respect for acting seems to...

Public life is regarded as the crown of a career, and to young men it...

Public life is regarded as the crown of a career, and to young men it...