“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.”
HistoryAll Quotes by Will Durant
“The trouble with most people is that they think with their hopes or fears or wishes rather than with their minds.”
Hope“The family is the nucleus of civilization.”
Family“Our knowledge is a receding mirage in an expanding desert of ignorance.”
Knowledge“Moral codes adjust themselves to environmental conditions.”
Environmental“Truth always originates in a minority of one, and every custom begins as a broken precedent.”
Truth“Education is the transmission of civilization.”
Education“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“Civilization is the order and freedom is promoting cultural activity.”
Freedom“Nature has never read the Declaration of Independence. It continues to make us unequal.”
Nature“One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and always a clever thing to say.”
History“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“History is mostly guessing the rest is prejudice.”
History“Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.”
Education“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“Bankers know that history is inflationary and that money is the last thing a wise man will hoard.”
History“Civilization exists by geological consent, subject to change without notice.”
Change“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“Knowledge is the eye of desire and can become the pilot of the soul.”
Knowledge