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Will Durant
Age: 96 †
Born: 1885
Born: November 5
Died: 1981
Died: November 7
Historian
Philosopher
Writer
North Adams
Massachusetts
William James Will Durant
William James Durant
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As to harmonizing the theory of evolution with the Biblical account of creation, I do not believe it can be done, and I do not see why it should be. The story of Genesis is beautiful, and profoundly significant as symbolism: there is no good reason to torture it into conformity with modern theory.
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Drunkenness was in good repute in England till Bloody Mary frowned upon it it remained popular in Germany. The French drank more stably, not being quite so cold.
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Those who know nothing about history are doomed forever to repeat it.
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It may be true that you can't fool all the people all the time, but you can fool enough of them to rule a large country.
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The finger that turns the dial rules the air.
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Communism is the opiate of the people.
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Peace is an unstable equilibrium, which can be preserved only by acknowledged supremacy or equal power.
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The soul of a civilization is its religion, and it dies with its faith.
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Civilization begins with order, grows with liberty, and dies with chaos.
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Often your face is your autobiography
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Nature has never read the Declaration of Independence. It continues to make us unequal.
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Those who have suffered much become very bitter or very gentle.
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Fundamentalism is the triumph of Paul over Christ.
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We are living in the excesses of freedom. Just take a look at 42nd Street and Broadway.
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In its youth a people produce mythology and poetry in its decadence, philosophy and logic.
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Progress is the domination of chaos by mind and purpose, of matter by form and will. It need not be continuous to be real.
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Truth will not make us rich, but it will make us free.
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War is one of the constants of history, and it has not diminished with civilization or democracy.
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The future never just happened. It was created.
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The political machine triumphs because it is a united minority acting against a divided majority.
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