“Knowledge is the eye of desire and can become the pilot of the soul.”
Knowledge
“Knowledge is the eye of desire and can become the pilot of the soul.”
KnowledgeAll Quotes by Will Durant
“The family is the nucleus of civilization.”
Family“Sixty years ago I knew everything now I know nothing education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.”
Education“Truth always originates in a minority of one, and every custom begins as a broken precedent.”
Truth“Civilization is the order and freedom is promoting cultural activity.”
Freedom“The trouble with most people is that they think with their hopes or fears or wishes rather than with their minds.”
Hope“Civilization exists by geological consent, subject to change without notice.”
Change“Our knowledge is a receding mirage in an expanding desert of ignorance.”
Knowledge“Every science begins as philosophy and ends as art.”
Art“Every form of government tends to perish by excess of its basic principle.”
Government“To say nothing, especially when speaking, is half the art of diplomacy.”
Art“We are living in the excesses of freedom. Just take a look at 42nd Street and Broadway.”
Freedom“Bankers know that history is inflationary and that money is the last thing a wise man will hoard.”
History“Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.”
Education“History is mostly guessing the rest is prejudice.”
History“It may be true that you can't fool all the people all the time, but you can fool enough of them to rule a large country.”
Time“Moral codes adjust themselves to environmental conditions.”
Environmental“Education is the transmission of civilization.”
Education“Science gives us knowledge, but only philosophy can give us wisdom.”
Knowledge“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.”
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