Author: Will Durant

Quotes

History is mostly guessing; the rest is prejudice.

History is mostly guessing; the rest is prejudice.

- Will Durant

Our knowledge is a receding mirage in an expanding desert of ignorance.

Our knowledge is a receding mirage in an expanding desert of 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

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

Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.

Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.

- 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

Every science begins as philosophy and ends as art.

Every science begins as philosophy and ends as art.

- Will Durant

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

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

- 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

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