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

Quote by Will Durant

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

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

Most of us spend too much time on the last twenty-four hours and too little...

Most of us spend too much time on the last twenty-four hours and too little...

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.

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 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...

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.

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

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

Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.

Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.

Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.

Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.

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

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

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...

Moral codes adjust themselves to environmental conditions.

Moral codes adjust themselves to environmental conditions.

Every science begins as philosophy and ends as art.

Every science begins as philosophy and ends as art.

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...

Every science begins as philosophy and ends as art

Every science begins as philosophy and ends as art

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...

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...

When liberty becomes license, dictatorship is near.

When liberty becomes license, dictatorship is near.

A statesman cannot afford to be a moralist.

A statesman cannot afford to be a moralist.