Will Durant Quotes

American - Historian November 5, 1885 - November 7, 1981

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. - Will Durant

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. Will Durant

Excellence, Habit, Act, Then, Repeatedly

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

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

Knowledge, Soul, Eye, Desire, Pilot

Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance. - Will Durant

Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance. Will Durant

Education, Ignorance, Discovery, Own

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

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

Knowledge, Ignorance, Desert, Our

Civilization begins with order, grows with liberty and dies with chaos. - Will Durant

Civilization begins with order, grows with liberty and dies with chaos. Will Durant

Chaos, Civilization, Liberty, Order

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

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

Change, Civilization, Without, Consent

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

Love, Man, Wife, Youth, Old Man, Old

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

Hope, People, Think, Wishes, Trouble

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

Time, Fool, People, Enough, You, True

Every science begins as philosophy and ends as art. - Will Durant

Every science begins as philosophy and ends as art. Will Durant

Science, Art, Philosophy, Begins, Every

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

Age, Money, Socialism, Nothing, Will

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

History, Man, Money, Wise, Wise Man

If man asks for many laws it is only because he is sure that his neighbor needs them; privately he is an unphilosophical anarchist, and thinks laws in his own case superfluous. Will Durant

Man, Neighbor, Only, Own, Because, Laws

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

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

Communication, Art, Say, Nothing, Half

History is mostly guessing; the rest is prejudice. - Will Durant

History is mostly guessing; the rest is prejudice. Will Durant

History, Rest, Prejudice, Guessing

The political machine triumphs because it is a united minority acting against a divided majority. Will Durant

Political, Acting, Minority, Because

When liberty becomes license, dictatorship is near. Will Durant

Dictatorship, Liberty, License, Near

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

Best, People, Earth, Events, Last, Sixty

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

Good, History, Say, Clever, Nothing

As soon as liberty is complete it dies in anarchy. Will Durant

Liberty, Anarchy, Complete, Soon, Dies

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

Good, Speak, Say, Way, Clever, Nothing

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

Education, Ignorance, Know, Discovery

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

Wisdom, Science, Knowledge, Philosophy

Most of us spend too much time on the last twenty-four hours and too little on the last six thousand years. Will Durant

History, Time, Too Much, Years, Last, Us

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

Nature, Independence, Never, Us, Make

The family is the nucleus of civilization. - Will Durant

The family is the nucleus of civilization. Will Durant

Family, Civilization

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