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The finger that turns the dial rules the air.

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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
Dial
Finger
Fingers
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Air
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Paul created a theology of which none but the vaguest warrants can be found in the words of Christ.
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Knowledge that does not generate achievement is a pale and bloodless thing, unworthy of mankind.
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We teach more by what we are than by what we teach.
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The love we have in our youth is superficial compared to the love that an old man has for his old wife.
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Power dements even more than it corrupts, lowering the guard of foresight and raising the haste of action.
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Nature has never read the Declaration of Independence. It continues to make us unequal.
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Communism is the opiate of the people.
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A cat has a reputation to protect. If it had a halo, it would be worn cocked to one side.
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From barbarism to civilization requires a century from civilization to barbarism needs but a day.
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Civilization exists by geological consent, subject to change without notice.
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Sixty years ago I knew everything. Now I know nothing. Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.
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