Will Durant
Every science begins as philosophy and ends as art.
art
Will Durant
To say nothing, especially when speaking, is half the art of diplomacy.
art
Will Durant
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
Will Durant
Civilization exists by geological consent, subject to change without notice.
change
Will Durant
Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.
education
Will Durant
Education is the transmission of civilization.
education
Will Durant
Moral codes adjust themselves to environmental conditions.
environmental
Will Durant
The family is the nucleus of civilization.
family
Will Durant
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.
freedom
Will Durant
We are living in the excesses of freedom. Just take a look at 42nd Street and Broadway.
freedom
Will Durant
Civilization is the order and freedom is promoting cultural activity.
freedom
Will Durant
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
Will Durant
Every form of government tends to perish by excess of its basic principle.
government
Will Durant
One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and always a clever thing to say.
history
Will Durant
History is mostly guessing the rest is prejudice.
history
Will Durant
Bankers know that history is inflationary and that money is the last thing a wise man will hoard.
history
Will Durant
The trouble with most people is that they think with their hopes or fears or wishes rather than with their minds.
hope
Will Durant
Knowledge is the eye of desire and can become the pilot of the soul.
knowledge
Will Durant
Science gives us knowledge, but only philosophy can give us wisdom.
knowledge
Will Durant
Our knowledge is a receding mirage in an expanding desert of ignorance.
knowledge
Will Durant
There is nothing in socialism that a little age or a little money will not cure.
money
Will Durant
Bankers know that history is inflationary and that money is the last thing a wise man will hoard.
money