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Civilizations come and go they conquer the earth and crumble into dust but faith survives every desolation.

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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
Faith
Earth
Crumble
Come
Desolation
Every
Civilizations
Survives
Conquer
Dust
Civilization

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Nature has never read the Declaration of Independence. It continues to make us unequal.
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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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Never mind your happiness do your duty.
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When liberty becomes license, dictatorship is near.
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Contentment is rare among men as it is natural among animals
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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.
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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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Our knowledge is a receding mirage in an expanding desert of ignorance.
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