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Will Durant Quotes

We are living in the excesses of freedom. Just take a look at 42nd Street and Broadway Picture Quote #1

I have tried to be impartial, though I know that a man’s past always colors his views, and that nothing else is so irritating as impartiality Picture Quote #1

The trouble with most people is that they think with their hopes and fears rather than with their minds Picture Quote #1

From the point of view of morals, life seems to he divided into two periods; in the first we indulge, in the second we preach Picture Quote #1

Continue to express your dissent and your needs, but remember to remain civilized, for you will sorely miss civilization if it is sacrified in the turbulence of change Picture Quote #1

Cultivate your garden. Do not depend upon teachers to educate you... follow your own bent, pursue your curiosity bravely, express yourself, make your own harmony Picture Quote #1

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War is one of the constants of history, and it has not diminished with civilization or democracy Picture Quote #1

If a man is fortunate he will, before he dies, gather up as much as he can of his civilized heritage and transmit it to his children Picture Quote #1

So I should say that civilizations begin with religion and stoicism: they end with scepticism and unbelief, and the undisciplined pursuit of individual pleasure. A civilization is born stoic and dies epicurean Picture Quote #1

Progress is the domination of chaos by mind and purpose, of matter by form and will. It need not be continuous to be real Picture Quote #1

History reports that the men who can manage men manage the men who can manage only things, and the men who can manage money manage all Picture Quote #1

Peace is an unstable equilibrium, which can be preserved only by acknowledged supremacy or equal power Picture Quote #1

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The crossroads of trade are the meeting place of ideas, the attrition ground of rival customs and beliefs; diversities beget conflict, comparison, thought; superstitions cancel one another, and reason begins Picture Quote #1

The time when you need to do something is when no one else is willing to do it, when people are saying it can’t be done Picture Quote #1

Every vice was once a virtue, and may become respectable again, just as hatred becomes respectable in wartime Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

The ego is willing but the machine cannot go on. It’s the last thing a man will admit, that his mind ages Picture Quote #1

The love we have in our youth is superficial compared to the love that an old man has for his old wife Picture Quote #1

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The most interesting thing in the world is another human being who wonders, suffers and raises the questions that have bothered him to the last day of his life, knowing he will never get the answers Picture Quote #1

Truth always originates in a minority of one, and every custom begins as a broken precedent Picture Quote #1

The only real revolution is in the enlightenment of the mind and the improvement of character, the only real emancipation is individual, and the only real revolutionaries are philosophers and saints Picture Quote #1

India will teach us the tolerance and gentleness of mature mind, understanding spirit and a unifying, pacifying love for all human beings Picture Quote #1

Power dements even more than it corrupts, lowering the guard of foresight and raising the haste of action Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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Every science begins as philosophy and ends as art; it arises in hypothesis and flows into achievement Picture Quote #1

By and large the poor have the same impulses as the rich, with only less opportunity or skill to implement them Picture Quote #1

So the story of man runs in a dreary circle, because he is not yet master of the earth that holds him Picture Quote #1

Rome remained great as long as she had enemies who forced her to unity, vision, and heroism. When she had overcome them all she flourished for a moment and then began to die Picture Quote #1

Civilization is not inherited; it has to be learned and earned by each generation anew; if the transmission should be interrupted for one century, civilization would die, and we should be savages again Picture Quote #1

Hunting is now to most of us a game, whose relish seems based upon some mystic remembrance, in the blood, of ancient days when to hunter as well as hunted it was a matter of life and death Picture Quote #1

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We are living in the excesses of freedom. Just take a look at 42nd Street and Broadway (Will Durant Quotes) I have tried to be impartial, though I know that a man’s past always colors his views, and that nothing else is so irritating as impartiality (Will Durant Quotes) The trouble with most people is that they think with their hopes and fears rather than with their minds (Will Durant Quotes) From the point of view of morals, life seems to he divided into two periods; in the first we indulge, in the second we preach (Will Durant Quotes) Continue to express your dissent and your needs, but remember to remain civilized, for you will sorely miss civilization if it is sacrified in the turbulence of change (Will Durant Quotes) Cultivate your garden. Do not depend upon teachers to educate you... follow your own bent, pursue your curiosity bravely, express yourself, make your own harmony (Will Durant Quotes) War is one of the constants of history, and it has not diminished with civilization or democracy (Will Durant Quotes) If a man is fortunate he will, before he dies, gather up as much as he can of his civilized heritage and transmit it to his children (Will Durant Quotes) So I should say that civilizations begin with religion and stoicism: they end with scepticism and unbelief, and the undisciplined pursuit of individual pleasure. A civilization is born stoic and dies epicurean (Will Durant Quotes) Progress is the domination of chaos by mind and purpose, of matter by form and will. It need not be continuous to be real (Will Durant Quotes) History reports that the men who can manage men manage the men who can manage only things, and the men who can manage money manage all (Will Durant Quotes) Peace is an unstable equilibrium, which can be preserved only by acknowledged supremacy or equal power (Will Durant Quotes) The crossroads of trade are the meeting place of ideas, the attrition ground of rival customs and beliefs; diversities beget conflict, comparison, thought; superstitions cancel one another, and reason begins (Will Durant Quotes) The time when you need to do something is when no one else is willing to do it, when people are saying it can’t be done (Will Durant Quotes) Every vice was once a virtue, and may become respectable again, just as hatred becomes respectable in wartime (Will Durant Quotes) 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 Quotes) The ego is willing but the machine cannot go on. It’s the last thing a man will admit, that his mind ages (Will Durant Quotes) The love we have in our youth is superficial compared to the love that an old man has for his old wife (Will Durant Quotes) The most interesting thing in the world is another human being who wonders, suffers and raises the questions that have bothered him to the last day of his life, knowing he will never get the answers (Will Durant Quotes) Truth always originates in a minority of one, and every custom begins as a broken precedent (Will Durant Quotes) The only real revolution is in the enlightenment of the mind and the improvement of character, the only real emancipation is individual, and the only real revolutionaries are philosophers and saints (Will Durant Quotes) India will teach us the tolerance and gentleness of mature mind, understanding spirit and a unifying, pacifying love for all human beings (Will Durant Quotes) Power dements even more than it corrupts, lowering the guard of foresight and raising the haste of action (Will Durant Quotes) 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 Quotes) Every science begins as philosophy and ends as art; it arises in hypothesis and flows into achievement (Will Durant Quotes) By and large the poor have the same impulses as the rich, with only less opportunity or skill to implement them (Will Durant Quotes) So the story of man runs in a dreary circle, because he is not yet master of the earth that holds him (Will Durant Quotes) Rome remained great as long as she had enemies who forced her to unity, vision, and heroism. When she had overcome them all she flourished for a moment and then began to die (Will Durant Quotes) Civilization is not inherited; it has to be learned and earned by each generation anew; if the transmission should be interrupted for one century, civilization would die, and we should be savages again (Will Durant Quotes) Hunting is now to most of us a game, whose relish seems based upon some mystic remembrance, in the blood, of ancient days when to hunter as well as hunted it was a matter of life and death (Will Durant Quotes)

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