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There is no significant example in history, before our time, of a society successfully maintaining moral life without the aid of religion.

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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
History
Maintaining
Without
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Time
Significant
Life
Atheism
Example
Moral
Society
Religion
Successfully

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Fundamentalism is the triumph of Paul over Christ.
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Art lies in conceiving and designing, not in the actual execution' - this was left for lesser minds.
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History repeats itself in the large because human nature changes with geological leisureliness.
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To speak ill of others is a dishonest way of praising ourselves let us be above such transparent egotism. If you can't say good and encouraging things, say nothing. Nothing is often a good thing to do, and always a clever thing to say.
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[H]istory assures us that civilizations decay quite leisurely.
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Nature has never read the Declaration of Independence. It continues to make us unequal.
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Friends are helpful not only because they will listen to us, but because they will laugh at us Through them we learn a little objectivity, a little modesty, a little courtesy We learn the rules of life and become better players of the game
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