Quotes by Will Durant

To speak ill of others is a dishonest way of praising ourselves. Nothing is often...

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

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

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

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There have been only 268 of the past 3,421 years free of war.

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The most interesting thing in the world is another human being who wonders, suffers and...

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The family is the nucleus of civilization.

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

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

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One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to...

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Nature has never read the Declaration of Independence. It continues to make us unequal.

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Moral codes adjust themselves to environmental conditions.

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