Author: Will Durant

Quotes

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

History is mostly guessing; the rest is prejudice.

History is mostly guessing; the rest is prejudice.

- 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 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

Civilization exists by geological consent, subject to change without notice.

Civilization exists by geological consent, subject to change without notice.

- 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

To say nothing, especially when speaking, is half the art of diplomacy.

To say nothing, especially when speaking, is half the art of diplomacy.

- 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

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

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

- Will Durant

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