“Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.”
Education
“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.”
GoodAll Quotes by Will Durant
“Truth always originates in a minority of one, and every custom begins as a broken precedent.”
Truth“One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and always a clever thing to say.”
History“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.”
Hope“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“Every science begins as philosophy and ends as art.”
Art“Civilization exists by geological consent, subject to change without notice.”
Change“To say nothing, especially when speaking, is half the art of diplomacy.”
Art“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“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“Every form of government tends to perish by excess of its basic principle.”
Government“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“Bankers know that history is inflationary and that money is the last thing a wise man will hoard.”
History“Sixty years ago I knew everything now I know nothing education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.”
Education“Education is the transmission of civilization.”
Education“Moral codes adjust themselves to environmental conditions.”
Environmental“Knowledge is the eye of desire and can become the pilot of the soul.”
Knowledge