“History is mostly guessing the rest is prejudice.”
History
“The family is the nucleus of civilization.”
FamilyAll Quotes by Will Durant
“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“Bankers know that history is inflationary and that money is the last thing a wise man will hoard.”
History“Truth always originates in a minority of one, and every custom begins as a broken precedent.”
Truth“Civilization exists by geological consent, subject to change without notice.”
Change“Moral codes adjust themselves to environmental conditions.”
Environmental“Science gives us knowledge, but only philosophy can give us wisdom.”
Knowledge“There is nothing in socialism that a little age or a little money will not cure.”
Age“Knowledge is the eye of desire and can become the pilot of the soul.”
Knowledge“Nature has never read the Declaration of Independence. It continues to make us unequal.”
Nature“Education is the transmission of civilization.”
Education“One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and always a clever thing to say.”
History“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“There have been only 268 of the past 3,421 years free of war.”
War“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.”
Art“Sixty years ago I knew everything now I know nothing education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.”
Education“Our knowledge is a receding mirage in an expanding desert of ignorance.”
Knowledge“Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.”
Education