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Wherever men do things, other men will arise who will explain to them how things should be done.

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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
Wherever
Arise
Explain
Done
Things
Men

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In the end, nothing is lost. Every event, for good or evil, has effects forever.
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How much more suffering is caused by the thought of death than by death itself.
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The Institutional Church (ecclesia) has killed only two kinds of people: Those who do not believe in the teachings of Jesus Christ, and those who do.
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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 say nothing, especially when speaking, is half the art of diplomacy.
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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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Art lies in conceiving and designing, not in the actual execution' - this was left for lesser minds.
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Forget mistakes. Forget failure. Forget everything except what you're going to do now and do it. Today is your lucky day
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