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

Quote by Will Durant

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

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

Tired mothers find that spanking takes less time than reasoning and penetrates sooner to the...

Tired mothers find that spanking takes less time than reasoning and penetrates sooner to the...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

We Americans are the best informed people on earth as to the events of the...

We Americans are the best informed people on earth as to the events of the...

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...

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.

History is mostly guessing; the rest is prejudice

History is mostly guessing; the rest is prejudice

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

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

When liberty becomes license, dictatorship is near.

When liberty becomes license, dictatorship is near.

Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.

Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.

Moral codes adjust themselves to environmental conditions.

Moral codes adjust themselves to environmental conditions.

Inquiry is fatal to certainty

Inquiry is fatal to certainty

There is nothing in socialism that a little age or a little money will not...

There is nothing in socialism that a little age or a little money will not...

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.

We are living in the excesses of freedom. Just take a look at 42nd Street...

We are living in the excesses of freedom. Just take a look at 42nd Street...

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...

History is mostly guessing; the rest is prejudice.

History is mostly guessing; the rest is prejudice.