The most interesting thing in the world is another human being who wonders, suffers and raises the questions that have bothered him to the last day of his life, knowing he will never get the answers.

Quote by Will Durant

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Moral codes adjust themselves to environmental conditions.

Moral codes adjust themselves to environmental conditions.

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

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

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.

The family is the nucleus of civilization.

The family is the nucleus of civilization.

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...

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...

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.

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...

Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.

Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.

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 science begins as philosophy and ends as art.

Every science begins as philosophy and ends as art.

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 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...

Bankers know that history is inflationary and that money is the last thing a wise...

Bankers know that history is inflationary and that money is the last thing a wise...

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.

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...

Does history support a belief in God? If by God we mean not the creative...

Does history support a belief in God? If by God we mean not the creative...

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

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

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.

When liberty becomes license, dictatorship is near.

When liberty becomes license, dictatorship is near.