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The great snare of thought is uncritical acceptance of irrational assumptions.
Will Durant
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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
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For you will sorely miss civilization if it is sacrificed in the turbulence of change.
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If we have never been amazed by the very fact that we exist, we are squandering the greatest fact of all.
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If man asks for many laws it is only because he is sure that his neighbor needs them privately he is an unphilosophical anarchist, and thinks laws in his own case superfluous.
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To say nothing, especially when speaking, is half the art of diplomacy.
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History is so indifferently rich, that a case for almost any conclusion from it can be made by a selection of instances.
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India will teach us the tolerance and gentleness of mature mind, understanding spirit and a unifying, pacifying love for all human beings.
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