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There is no real philosophy until the mind turns around and examines itself.

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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
Examines
Philosophy
Turns
Around
Real
Mind

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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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History is mostly guessing the rest is prejudice.
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Bankers know that history is inflationary and that money is the last thing a wise man will hoard
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Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.
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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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Never put a man in the wrong. He will hold it against you forever.
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An emperor knows how to govern when poets are free to make verses, people to act plays, historians to tell the truth, ministers to give advice, the poor to grumble at taxes, students to learn lessons aloud, workmen to praise their skill and seek work, people to speak of anything, and old men to find fault with everything.
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The health of nations is more important than the wealth of nations.
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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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Paul created a theology of which none but the vaguest warrants can be found in the words of Christ.
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The past is not dead. Indeed, it is often not even past.
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When liberty destroys order the hunger for order will destroy liberty.
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No man who is in a hurry is quite civilized.
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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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So the story of man runs in a dreary circle, because he is not yet master of the earth that holds him.
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The victors called the revolution a triumph of liberty but now and then liberty in the slogans of the strong means freedom from restraint in the exploitation of the weak.
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Those who have suffered much become very bitter or very gentle.
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Contentment is rare among men as it is natural among animals
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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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In the last analysis civilization is based upon the food supply.
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