The love we have in our youth is superficial compared to the love that an old man has for his old wife.

Quote by Will Durant

Topics: Love Quotes

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...

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.

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...

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

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

Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.

Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.

Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.

Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.

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.

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...

Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.

Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.

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...

History is mostly guessing; the rest is prejudice

History is mostly guessing; the rest is prejudice

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...

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...

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

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.

Every science begins as philosophy and ends as art.

Every science begins as philosophy and ends as art.

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

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

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...

History is mostly guessing; the rest is prejudice.

History is mostly guessing; the rest is prejudice.

Moral codes adjust themselves to environmental conditions.

Moral codes adjust themselves to environmental conditions.