“Civilization exists by geological consent, subject to change without notice.”
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“Education is the transmission of civilization.”
EducationAll Quotes by Will Durant
“Science gives us knowledge, but only philosophy can give us wisdom.”
Knowledge“Sixty years ago I knew everything now I know nothing education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.”
Education“Bankers know that history is inflationary and that money is the last thing a wise man will hoard.”
History“We are living in the excesses of freedom. Just take a look at 42nd Street and Broadway.”
Freedom“There have been only 268 of the past 3,421 years free of war.”
War“In my youth I stressed freedom, and in my old age I stress order. I have made the great discovery that liberty is a product of order.”
Age“Every science begins as philosophy and ends as art.”
Art“To say nothing, especially when speaking, is half the art of diplomacy.”
Art“Moral codes adjust themselves to environmental conditions.”
Environmental“Truth always originates in a minority of one, and every custom begins as a broken precedent.”
Truth“Education is the transmission of civilization.”
Education“Our knowledge is a receding mirage in an expanding desert of ignorance.”
Knowledge“The family is the nucleus of civilization.”
Family“There is nothing in socialism that a little age or a little money will not cure.”
Age“To speak ill of others is a dishonest way of praising ourselves. Nothing is often a good thing to say, and always a clever thing to say.”
Good“Knowledge is the eye of desire and can become the pilot of the soul.”
Knowledge“Civilization is the order and freedom is promoting cultural activity.”
Freedom“Every form of government tends to perish by excess of its basic principle.”
Government“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.”
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