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Those who have suffered much become very bitter or very gentle. — Will Durant

And, after speech, it provided a readier instrument for the dissemination of nonsense than the world has ever known until our time. — Will Durant

Christianity did not destroy paganism; it adopted it. — Will Durant

If you look at a map of Europe you will observe that Greece is a skeleton-like hand stretching its crooked fingers out into the Mediterranean Sea. — Will Durant

Every civilization is a fruit from the sturdy tree of barbarism, and falls at the greatest distance from its trunk. — Will Durant

The Roman Republic would soon be destroyed by the unfettered energy of its great men. The redeeming feature of this aristocracy and — Will Durant

History is mostly guessing, the rest is prejudice. — Will Durant

Knowledge that does not generate achievement is a pale and bloodless thing, unworthy of mankind. — Will Durant

The great snare of thought is uncritical acceptance of irrational assumptions. — Will Durant

In the last 3,421 years of recorded history only 268 have seen no war. — Will Durant

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

Contentment is rare among men as it is natural among animals — Will Durant

The present is the past rolled up for action, and the past is the present unrolled for understanding — Will Durant

But now and then liberty, in the slogans of the strong, means freedom from restraint in the exploitation of the weak. — Will Durant

Self Government by extravagance and incompetence brings its own end. — Will Durant

Freedom and equality are naturan born enemies. — Will Durant

Knowledge is power but only wisdom is liberty. — Will Durant

Tired mothers find that spanking takes less time than reasoning and penetrates sooner to the seat of the memory. — Will Durant

Forget mistakes. Forget failure. Forget everything except what you're going to do now and do it. Today is your lucky day — Will Durant

The harmony of the part with the whole may be the best definition of health, beauty, truth, wisdom, morality, and happiness. This — Will Durant

To the best account; it is an unintelligent waste of strength. — Will Durant

It was his motto that one lived best by the hidden life - bene vixit qui bene latuit. — Will Durant

[N]o language has ever had a word for a virgin man. — Will Durant

I was only 44, which is childhood philosophy. — Will Durant

Argos the greatest tragedy in Greek legend was — Will Durant

Communism is the opiate of the people. — Will Durant

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

We are living in the excesses of freedom. Just take a look at 42nd Street and Broadway. — Will Durant

To give life a meaning, one must have a purpose larger than self. — Will Durant

Intolerance is the natural concomitant of strong faith; tolerance grows only when faith loses certainty; certainty is murderous. Plato — Will Durant

Civilization is the order and freedom is promoting cultural activity. — Will Durant

A book is like a quarrel. One word leads to another, and may erupt in blood or print, irrevocably. — Will Durant

Every science begins as philosophy and ends as art; it arises in hypothesis and flows into achievement. — Will Durant

I came to think of myself, not as a dance and chaos of molecules, but as a brief and minute portion of that majestic process — Will Durant

We must steel ourselves against utopias and be content with a slightly better state. — Will Durant

Get a child interested in learning a skill while young and they will remember forever. — Sybrina Durant