Author: Will Durant

Quotes

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

Every science begins as philosophy and ends as art.

Every science begins as philosophy and ends as 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.

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

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

The family is the nucleus of civilization.

The family is the nucleus of civilization.

- 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

Nature has never read the Declaration of Independence. It continues to make us unequal.

Nature has never read the Declaration of Independence. It continues to make us unequal.

- Will Durant

History is mostly guessing; the rest is prejudice.

History is mostly guessing; the rest is prejudice.

- Will Durant

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