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If a man is fortunate he will, before he dies, gather up as much as he can of his civilized heritage and transmit it to his children.

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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
Civilized
Fortunate
Dies
Children
Much
Men
Transmit
Gather
Heritage

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Even when repressed, inequality grows only the man who is below the average in economic ability desires equality those who are conscious of superior ability desire freedom, and in the end superior ability has its way.
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It may be true that you can't fool all the people all the time, but you can fool enough of them to rule a large country.
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Every state begins in compulsion but the habits of obedience become the content of conscience, and soon every citizen thrills with loyalty to the flag. The citizen is right for however the state begins, it soon becomes an indispensable prop to order.
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by and large the poor have the same impulses as the rich, with only less opportunity or skill to implement them
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Human progress having reached a high level through respect for the liberty and dignity of men, it has become desirable to re-affirm these evident truths
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Liberty is a product of order.
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[H]istory assures us that civilizations decay quite leisurely.
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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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Most of us spend too much time on the last twenty-four hours and too little on the last six thousand years.
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Truth always originates in a minority of one, and every custom begins as a broken precedent.
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Underneath all civilization, ancient or modern, moved and still moves a sea of magic, superstition, and sorcery. Perhaps they will remain when the works of our reason have passed away.
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Those who have suffered much become very bitter or very gentle.
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The fear of capitalism has compelled socialism to widen freedom, and the fear of socialism has compelled capitalism to increase equality. East is West and West is East, and soon the twain will meet.
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To give life a meaning, one must have a purpose larger than self.
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Peace is an unstable equilibrium, which can be preserved only by acknowledged supremacy or equal power.
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Can a civilization hold together if man abandons his faith in God?
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When liberty destroys order the hunger for order will destroy liberty.
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Knowledge is the eye of desire and can become the pilot of the soul.
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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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Never mind your happiness do your duty.
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