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History offers some consolation by reminding us that sin has flourished in every age.

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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
Flourished
Reminding
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Sin
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There is nothing in socialism that a little age or a little money will not cure.
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Liberty is a product of order.
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Rome remained great as long as she had enemies who forced her to unity, vision, and heroism. When she had overcome them all she flourished for a moment and then began to die.
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In the end, nothing is lost. Every event, for good or evil, has effects forever.
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That a few simple men should in one generation have invented so powerful and appealing a personality, so lofty ethic, and so inspiring a vision of human brotherhood, would be a miracle far more incredible than any recorded in the Gospels.
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