Truth always originates in a minority of one, and every custom begins as a broken precedent

Quote by Will Durant

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

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

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.

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...

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

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

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

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

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.

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...

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.

Inquiry is fatal to certainty

Inquiry is fatal to certainty

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...

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...

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...

History is mostly guessing; the rest is prejudice

History is mostly guessing; the rest is prejudice

Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.

Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.

Civilization is the order and freedom is promoting cultural activity.

Civilization is the order and freedom is promoting cultural activity.

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

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

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...

First thing every morning before you arise say out loud, I believe, three times.

First thing every morning before you arise say out loud, I believe, three times.

Toward no crimes have men shown themselves so cold- bloodedly cruel as in punishing differences...

Toward no crimes have men shown themselves so cold- bloodedly cruel as in punishing differences...

A rabbi should not despair if people do not do as much as they should....

A rabbi should not despair if people do not do as much as they should....

All History is current; all injustice continues on some level, somewhere in the world.

All History is current; all injustice continues on some level, somewhere in the world.