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Will Durant Quotes

A cat has a reputation to protect. If it had a halo, it would be worn cocked to one side Picture Quote #1

History is so indifferently rich, that a case for almost any conclusion from it can be made by a selection of instances Picture Quote #1

The victors called the revolution a triumph of liberty; but now and then liberty in the slogans of the strong means freedom from restraint in the exploitation of the weak Picture Quote #1

Nature smiles at the union of freedom and equality in our utopias. For freedom and equality are sworn and everlasting enemies, and when one prevails the other dies Picture Quote #1

There is hardly an absurdity of the past that cannot be found flourishing somewhere in the present Picture Quote #1

Civilizations come and go; they conquer the earth and crumble into dust; but faith survives every desolation Picture Quote #1

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If our economy of freedom fails to distribute wealth as ably as it has created it, the road to dictatorship will be open to any man who can persuasively promise security to all Picture Quote #1

If you wish to be loved, be modest; if you wish to be admired, be proud; if you wish both, combine external modesty with internal pride Picture Quote #1

If we have never been amazed by the very fact that we exist, we are squandering the greatest fact of all Picture Quote #1

It came to me that reform should begin at home, and since that day I have not had time to remake the world Picture Quote #1

Liberty is a luxury of security; the free individual is a product and a mark of civilization Picture Quote #1

Wherever men do things, other men will arise who will explain to them how things should be done Picture Quote #1

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Men decided that it was better to pay taxes than to fight among themselves; better to pay tribute to one magnificent robber than to bribe them all Picture Quote #1

Civilization is a stream with banks. The stream is sometimes filled with blood from people killing, stealing, shouting and doing the things historians usually record, while on the banks, unnoticed, people build homes, make love, raise children, sing songs, write poetry and even whittle statues. The story of civilization is what happened on the banks Picture Quote #1

And last are the few whose delight is in meditation and understanding; who yearn not for goods, nor for victory, but for knowledge; who leave both market and battlefield to lose themselves in the quiet clarity of secluded thought; whose will is a light rather than a fire, whose haven is not power but truth: these are the men of wisdom, who stand aside unused by the world Picture Quote #1

We conclude that the concentration of wealth is natural and inevitable, and is periodically alleviated by violent or peaceable partial redistribution. In this view all economic history is the slow heartbeat of the social organism, a vast systole and diastole of concentrating wealth and compulsive redistribution Picture Quote #1

The experience of the past lives little doubt that every economic system must sooner or later rely upon some form of the profit motive to stir individuals and groups to productivity. Substitutes like slavery, police supervision, or ideological enthusiasm prove too unproductive, too expensive, or too transient Picture Quote #1

We have conferred a mystic popularity upon officials whose only virtue is their timidity; while our scorn of rebels and reformers is so great that we have ceased to persecute them. The capitals and governments of the world are in the hands of caution; and change comes over them only in the night, unseen Picture Quote #1

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An emperor knows how to govern when poets are free to make verses, people to act plays, historians to tell the truth, ministers to give advice, the poor to grumble at taxes, students to learn lessons aloud, workmen to praise their skill and seek work, people to speak of anything, and old men to find fault with everything Picture Quote #1

Every state begins in compulsion; but the habits of obedience become the content of conscience, and soon every citizen thrills with loyalty to the flag. The citizen is right; for however the state begins, it soon becomes an indispensable prop to order Picture Quote #1

Forced to choose, the poor, like the rich, love money more than political liberty; and the only political freedom capable of enduring is one that is so pruned as to keep the rich from denuding the poor by ability or subtlety and the poor from robbing the rich by violence or votes Picture Quote #1

Civilization is social order promoting cultural creation. Four elements constitute it: economic provision, political organization, moral tradition, and the pursuit of knowledge and the arts. It begins where chaos and insecurity end. For when fear is overcome, curiosity and constructiveness are free, and man passes by natural impulse towards the understanding and embellishment of life Picture Quote #1

Rooted in freedom, bonded in the fellowship of danger, sharing everywhere a common human blood, we declare again that all men are brothers, and that mutual tolerance is the price of liberty Picture Quote #1

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A cat has a reputation to protect. If it had a halo, it would be worn cocked to one side (Will Durant Quotes) History is so indifferently rich, that a case for almost any conclusion from it can be made by a selection of instances (Will Durant Quotes) The victors called the revolution a triumph of liberty; but now and then liberty in the slogans of the strong means freedom from restraint in the exploitation of the weak (Will Durant Quotes) Nature smiles at the union of freedom and equality in our utopias. For freedom and equality are sworn and everlasting enemies, and when one prevails the other dies (Will Durant Quotes) There is hardly an absurdity of the past that cannot be found flourishing somewhere in the present (Will Durant Quotes) Civilizations come and go; they conquer the earth and crumble into dust; but faith survives every desolation (Will Durant Quotes) If our economy of freedom fails to distribute wealth as ably as it has created it, the road to dictatorship will be open to any man who can persuasively promise security to all (Will Durant Quotes) If you wish to be loved, be modest; if you wish to be admired, be proud; if you wish both, combine external modesty with internal pride (Will Durant Quotes) If we have never been amazed by the very fact that we exist, we are squandering the greatest fact of all (Will Durant Quotes) It came to me that reform should begin at home, and since that day I have not had time to remake the world (Will Durant Quotes) Liberty is a luxury of security; the free individual is a product and a mark of civilization (Will Durant Quotes) Wherever men do things, other men will arise who will explain to them how things should be done (Will Durant Quotes) Men decided that it was better to pay taxes than to fight among themselves; better to pay tribute to one magnificent robber than to bribe them all (Will Durant Quotes) Civilization is a stream with banks. The stream is sometimes filled with blood from people killing, stealing, shouting and doing the things historians usually record, while on the banks, unnoticed, people build homes, make love, raise children, sing songs, write poetry and even whittle statues. The story of civilization is what happened on the banks (Will Durant Quotes) And last are the few whose delight is in meditation and understanding; who yearn not for goods, nor for victory, but for knowledge; who leave both market and battlefield to lose themselves in the quiet clarity of secluded thought; whose will is a light rather than a fire, whose haven is not power but truth: these are the men of wisdom, who stand aside unused by the world (Will Durant Quotes) We conclude that the concentration of wealth is natural and inevitable, and is periodically alleviated by violent or peaceable partial redistribution. In this view all economic history is the slow heartbeat of the social organism, a vast systole and diastole of concentrating wealth and compulsive redistribution (Will Durant Quotes) The experience of the past lives little doubt that every economic system must sooner or later rely upon some form of the profit motive to stir individuals and groups to productivity. Substitutes like slavery, police supervision, or ideological enthusiasm prove too unproductive, too expensive, or too transient (Will Durant Quotes) We have conferred a mystic popularity upon officials whose only virtue is their timidity; while our scorn of rebels and reformers is so great that we have ceased to persecute them. The capitals and governments of the world are in the hands of caution; and change comes over them only in the night, unseen (Will Durant Quotes) An emperor knows how to govern when poets are free to make verses, people to act plays, historians to tell the truth, ministers to give advice, the poor to grumble at taxes, students to learn lessons aloud, workmen to praise their skill and seek work, people to speak of anything, and old men to find fault with everything (Will Durant Quotes) Every state begins in compulsion; but the habits of obedience become the content of conscience, and soon every citizen thrills with loyalty to the flag. The citizen is right; for however the state begins, it soon becomes an indispensable prop to order (Will Durant Quotes) Forced to choose, the poor, like the rich, love money more than political liberty; and the only political freedom capable of enduring is one that is so pruned as to keep the rich from denuding the poor by ability or subtlety and the poor from robbing the rich by violence or votes (Will Durant Quotes) Civilization is social order promoting cultural creation. Four elements constitute it: economic provision, political organization, moral tradition, and the pursuit of knowledge and the arts. It begins where chaos and insecurity end. For when fear is overcome, curiosity and constructiveness are free, and man passes by natural impulse towards the understanding and embellishment of life (Will Durant Quotes) Rooted in freedom, bonded in the fellowship of danger, sharing everywhere a common human blood, we declare again that all men are brothers, and that mutual tolerance is the price of liberty (Will Durant Quotes)

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