Author: Will Durant

Quotes

History is mostly guessing; the rest is prejudice.

History is mostly guessing; the rest is prejudice.

- Will Durant

Knowledge is the eye of desire and can become the pilot of the soul.

Knowledge is the eye of desire and can become the pilot of the soul.

- Will Durant

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.

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.

- Will Durant

The love we have in our youth is superficial compared to the love that an old man has for his old wife.

The love we have in our youth is superficial compared to the love that an old man has for his old wife.

- Will Durant

Bankers know that history is inflationary and that money is the last thing a wise man will hoard.

Bankers know that history is inflationary and that money is the last thing a wise man will hoard.

- Will Durant

Every science begins as philosophy and ends as art.

Every science begins as philosophy and ends as art.

- Will Durant

There is nothing in socialism that a little age or a little money will not cure.

There is nothing in socialism that a little age or a little money will not cure.

- 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.

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.

- 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.

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.

- Will Durant

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