“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
“To say nothing, especially when speaking, is half the art of diplomacy.”
ArtAll Quotes by Will Durant
“Science gives us knowledge, but only philosophy can give us wisdom.”
Knowledge“There have been only 268 of the past 3,421 years free of war.”
War“We are living in the excesses of freedom. Just take a look at 42nd Street and Broadway.”
Freedom“The trouble with most people is that they think with their hopes or fears or wishes rather than with their minds.”
Hope“Nature has never read the Declaration of Independence. It continues to make us unequal.”
Nature“Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.”
Education“Sixty years ago I knew everything now I know nothing education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.”
Education“Civilization is the order and freedom is promoting cultural activity.”
Freedom“The family is the nucleus of civilization.”
Family“Every science begins as philosophy and ends as art.”
Art“Our knowledge is a receding mirage in an expanding desert of ignorance.”
Knowledge“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.”
Best“To say nothing, especially when speaking, is half the art of diplomacy.”
Art“Knowledge is the eye of desire and can become the pilot of the soul.”
Knowledge“One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and always a clever thing to say.”
History“Truth always originates in a minority of one, and every custom begins as a broken precedent.”
Truth“History is mostly guessing the rest is prejudice.”
History“Moral codes adjust themselves to environmental conditions.”
Environmental“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