The supreme end of education is expert discernment in all things--the power to tell the good from the bad, the genuine from the counterfeit, and to prefer the good and the genuine to the bad and the counterfeit.

Quote by Will Durant

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

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

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...

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

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

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...

Inquiry is fatal to certainty

Inquiry is fatal to certainty

Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.

Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.

A statesman cannot afford to be a moralist.

A statesman cannot afford to be a moralist.

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...

Even when repressed, inequality grows; only the man who is below the average in economic...

Even when repressed, inequality grows; only the man who is below the average in economic...

History is mostly guessing; the rest is prejudice.

History is mostly guessing; the rest is prejudice.

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 love we have in our youth is superficial compared to the love that an...

The love we have in our youth is superficial compared to the love that an...

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...

Every science begins as philosophy and ends as art.

Every science begins as philosophy and ends as art.

Civilization is the order and freedom is promoting cultural activity.

Civilization is the order and freedom is promoting cultural activity.

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

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

Man became free when he recognized that he was subject to law.

Man became free when he recognized that he was subject to law.

History is mostly guessing; the rest is prejudice

History is mostly guessing; the rest is prejudice

History is written by the victors.

History is written by the victors.

There is nothing new in the world except the history you do not know.

There is nothing new in the world except the history you do not know.