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To give life a meaning, one must have a purpose larger than self.

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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
Life
Larger
Meaning
Purpose
Give
Self
Must
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The past is not dead. Indeed, it is often not even past.
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When liberty exceeds intelligence, it begets chaos, which begets dictatorship.
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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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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.
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A civilization is born Stoic and dies Epicurean.
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There is nothing in socialism that a little age or a little money will not cure.
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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.
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Love one another. My final lesson of history is the same as that of Jesus. You may think that's a lot of lollipop but just try it. Love is the most practical thing in the world. If you take an attitude of love toward everybody you meet, you'll eventually get along.
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