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Will Durant Quotes

Will Durant quotes

American Historian November 5, 1885 – November 7, 1981

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Will Durant quote: "Woe to him who teaches men faster than they can learn."
Woe to him who teaches men faster than they can learn. Will Durant
Will Durant quote: "How much more suffering is caused by the thought of death than..."
How much more suffering is caused by the thought of death than by death itself. Will Durant
Will Durant quote: "Bankers know that history is inflationary and that money is..."
Bankers know that history is inflationary and that money is the last thing a wise man will hoard. Will Durant
Will Durant quote: "but now and then liberty, in the slogans of the strong, means..."
but now and then liberty, in the slogans of the strong, means freedom from restraint in the exploitation of the weak. Will Durant
Will Durant quote: "I am not against hasty marriages, where a mutual flame is..."
I am not against hasty marriages, where a mutual flame is fanned by an adequate income. Will Durant
Will Durant quote: "Read, think well of mankind, go to our libraries and rejoice."
Read, think well of mankind, go to our libraries and rejoice. Will Durant
Will Durant quote: "Every vice was once a virtue, and may become respectable..."
Every vice was once a virtue, and may become respectable again, just as hatred becomes respectable in wartime. Will Durant
Will Durant quote: "To say nothing, especially when speaking, is half the art of..."
To say nothing, especially when speaking, is half the art of diplomacy. Will Durant
Will Durant quote: "So the story of man runs in a dreary circle, because he is not..."
So the story of man runs in a dreary circle, because he is not yet master of the earth that holds him. Will Durant
Even when repressed, inequality grows; only the man who is below the average in economic ability desires equality; those who are conscious of superior ability desire freedom, and in the end superior ability has its way. Will Durant
Will Durant quote: "In philosophy, as in politics, the longest distance between..."
In philosophy, as in politics, the longest distance between two points is a straight line. Will Durant
Will Durant quote: "There is nothing in socialism that a little age or a little..."
There is nothing in socialism that a little age or a little money will not cure. Will Durant
Will Durant quote: "We are living in the excesses of freedom. Just take a look at..."
We are living in the excesses of freedom. Just take a look at 42nd Street and Broadway. Will Durant
Will Durant quote: "Civilization is the order and freedom is promoting cultural..."
Civilization is the order and freedom is promoting cultural activity. Will Durant
Will Durant quote: "Our knowledge is a receding mirage in an expanding desert of..."
Our knowledge is a receding mirage in an expanding desert of ignorance. Will Durant

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