Author: Will Durant

Quotes

The family is the nucleus of civilization.

The family is the nucleus of civilization.

- 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

Science gives us knowledge, but only philosophy can give us wisdom.

Science gives us knowledge, but only philosophy can give us wisdom.

- 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.

One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and always a clever thing to say.

- 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.

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.

- Will Durant

History is mostly guessing; the rest is prejudice.

History is mostly guessing; the rest is prejudice.

- Will Durant

Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.

Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.

- Will Durant

Sixty years ago I knew everything; now I know nothing; education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.

Sixty years ago I knew everything; now I know nothing; education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.

- Will Durant

The trouble with most people is that they think with their hopes or fears or wishes rather than with their minds.

The trouble with most people is that they think with their hopes or fears or wishes rather than with their minds.

- Will Durant

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