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Ariel Durant quotes

American Author May 10, 1898

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Ariel Durant quote: "The conservative who resists change is as valuable as the..."
The conservative who resists change is as valuable as the radical who proposes it. Ariel Durant
Ariel Durant quote: "It is good a philosopher should remind himself, now and then,..."
It is good a philosopher should remind himself, now and then, that he is a particle pontificating on infinity. Ariel Durant
If you have character, endeavor, personality, courage and the capacity for concentrated labor, you will do what is your destiny? and, perhaps, even do it well. Ariel Durant
Ariel Durant quote: "Education is the transmission of civilization."
Education is the transmission of civilization. Ariel Durant
The influence of geographic factors diminishes as technology grows. The character and contour of a terrain may offer opportunities for agriculture, mining, or trade, but only the imagination and initiative of leaders, and the hardy industry of followers, can transform the possibilities into fact...Man, not the earth, makes civilization. Ariel Durant
Ariel Durant quote: "The present is the past rolled up for action, and the past is..."
The present is the past rolled up for action, and the past is the present unrolled for understanding. Ariel Durant
Ariel Durant quote: "A great civilization is not conquered from without until it..."
A great civilization is not conquered from without until it has destroyed itself from within. Ariel Durant
Ariel Durant quote: "We must operate with partial knowledge, and be provisionally..."
We must operate with partial knowledge, and be provisionally content with probabilities. Ariel Durant

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