We Americans are the best informed people on earth as to the events of the last twenty-four hours; we are the not the best informed as the events of the last sixty centuries.

Quote by Will Durant

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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...

When liberty becomes license, dictatorship is near

When liberty becomes license, dictatorship is near

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...

Civilization exists by geological consent, subject to change without notice.

Civilization exists by geological consent, subject to change without notice.

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...

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...

History is mostly guessing; the rest is prejudice

History is mostly guessing; the rest is prejudice

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

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...

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...

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

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

Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.

Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.

Drunkenness was in good repute in England till Bloody Mary frowned upon it; it remained...

Drunkenness was in good repute in England till Bloody Mary frowned upon it; it remained...

Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.

Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.

The ego is willing but the machine cannot go on. It's the last thing a...

The ego is willing but the machine cannot go on. It's the last thing a...

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 science begins as philosophy and ends as art

Every science begins as philosophy and ends as art

Science is facts; just as houses are made of stones, so is science made of...

Science is facts; just as houses are made of stones, so is science made of...

Science is nothing but perception.

Science is nothing but perception.

There is no patriotic art and no patriotic science

There is no patriotic art and no patriotic science