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

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Our knowledge is a receding mirage in an expanding desert of ignorance.

Our knowledge is a receding mirage in an expanding desert of ignorance.

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...

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

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

The supreme end of education is expert discernment in all things--the power to tell the...

The supreme end of education is expert discernment in all things--the power to tell the...

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...

Civilization is the order and freedom is promoting cultural activity.

Civilization is the order and freedom is promoting cultural activity.

Education is the transmission of civilization.

Education is the transmission of civilization.

Every science begins as philosophy and ends as art

Every science begins as philosophy and ends as art

Every science begins as philosophy and ends as art.

Every science begins as philosophy and ends as art.

Inquiry is fatal to certainty.

Inquiry is fatal to certainty.

Inquiry is fatal to certainty

Inquiry is fatal to certainty

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

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

History is mostly guessing; the rest is prejudice

History is mostly guessing; the rest is prejudice

When liberty becomes license, dictatorship is near

When liberty becomes license, dictatorship is near

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...

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...

As soon as liberty is complete it dies in anarchy.

As soon as liberty is complete it dies in anarchy.

Anarchy is the sure consequence of tyranny; or no power that is not limited by...

Anarchy is the sure consequence of tyranny; or no power that is not limited by...

Ive concluded that genius is as common as dirt. We suppress our genius only because...

Ive concluded that genius is as common as dirt. We suppress our genius only because...