The family is the nucleus of civilization.

Quote by Will Durant

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Education is the transmission of civilization.

Education is the transmission of civilization.

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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

As soon as liberty is complete it dies in anarchy.

As soon as liberty is complete it dies in anarchy.

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...

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.

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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.

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...

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.

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...

When liberty becomes license, dictatorship is near.

When liberty becomes license, dictatorship is near.

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...

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...