The ego is willing but the machine cannot go on. It's the last thing a man will admit, that his mind ages.

Quote by Will Durant

Topics: Mind Quotes

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...

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

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

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...

Most of us spend too much time on the last twenty-four hours and too little...

Most of us spend too much time on the last twenty-four hours and too little...

Inquiry is fatal to certainty.

Inquiry is fatal to certainty.

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.

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...

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 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...

Nature has never read the Declaration of Independence. It continues to make us unequal.

Nature has never read the Declaration of Independence. It continues to make us unequal.

Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.

Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.

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...

Every science begins as philosophy and ends as art

Every science begins as philosophy and ends as art

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...

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...

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...

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

All systems are capitalist. It's just a matter of who owns and controls the capital...

All systems are capitalist. It's just a matter of who owns and controls the capital...

The Government does not intend these things to happen, the Commission on whose report the...

The Government does not intend these things to happen, the Commission on whose report the...

If any ask me what a free government is, I answer, that for any practical...

If any ask me what a free government is, I answer, that for any practical...