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A civilization is born Stoic and dies Epicurean.

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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
Civilization
Dies
Born
Epicurean
Stoic

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Civilizations come and go they conquer the earth and crumble into dust but faith survives every desolation.
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Friends are helpful not only because they will listen to us, but because they will laugh at us Through them we learn a little objectivity, a little modesty, a little courtesy We learn the rules of life and become better players of the game
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To speak ill of others is a dishonest way of praising ourselves let us be above such transparent egotism. If you can't say good and encouraging things, say nothing. Nothing is often a good thing to do, and always a clever thing to say.
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Grow strong, my comrade … that you may stand Unshaken when I fall that I may know The shattered fragments of my song will come At last to finer melody in you That I may tell my heart that you begin Where passing I leave off, and fathom more.
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The most interesting thing in the world is another human being who wonders, suffers and raises the questions that have bothered him to the last day of his life, knowing he will never get the answers.
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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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A cat has a reputation to protect. If it had a halo, it would be worn cocked to one side.
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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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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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Freedom and equality are naturan born enemies.
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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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Contentment is rare among men as it is natural among animals
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There have been only 268 of the past 3,421 years free of war.
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The time when you need to do something is when no one else is willing to do it, when people are saying it can't be done.
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Progress is the increasing control of the environment by life.
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Music and religion are as intimately related as poetry and love the deepest emotions require for their civilized expression the most emotional of arts.
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Which is now a more hopeful statement than Swift intended it to be.
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Education is the transmission of civilization.
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Education is the transformation of civilisation
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Truth always originates in a minority of one, and every custom begins as a broken precedent.
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