“The family is the nucleus of civilization.”
Family
“The trouble with most people is that they think with their hopes or fears or wishes rather than with their minds.”
HopeAll Quotes by Will Durant
“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“The trouble with most people is that they think with their hopes or fears or wishes rather than with their minds.”
Hope“Every form of government tends to perish by excess of its basic principle.”
Government“Civilization exists by geological consent, subject to change without notice.”
Change“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“Truth always originates in a minority of one, and every custom begins as a broken precedent.”
Truth“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“Every science begins as philosophy and ends as art.”
Art“Our knowledge is a receding mirage in an expanding desert of ignorance.”
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.”
Good“Moral codes adjust themselves to environmental conditions.”
Environmental“Nature has never read the Declaration of Independence. It continues to make us unequal.”
Nature“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“One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and always a clever thing to say.”
History“Sixty years ago I knew everything now I know nothing education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.”
Education“To say nothing, especially when speaking, is half the art of diplomacy.”
Art“There is nothing in socialism that a little age or a little money will not cure.”
Age