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Will Durant
Age: 96 †
Born: 1885
Born: November 5
Died: 1981
Died: November 7
Historian
Philosopher
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North Adams
Massachusetts
William James Will Durant
William James Durant
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As long as there is poverty there will be gods.
Will Durant
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.
Will Durant
Civilization is the order and freedom is promoting cultural activity.
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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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Moral codes adjust themselves to environmental conditions.
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How much more suffering is caused by the thought of death than by death itself.
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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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Fundamentalism is the triumph of Paul over Christ.
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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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Philosophy is harmonized knowledge making a harmonious life it is the self-discipline which lifts us to serenity and freedom. Knowledge is power, but only wisdom is liberty.
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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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The world wisely prefers happiness to wisdom.
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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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Who will dare to write a history of human goodness?
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Cultivate your garden. Do not depend upon teachers to educate you... follow your own bent, pursue your curiosity bravely, express yourself, make your own harmony.
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Never put a man in the wrong. He will hold it against you forever.
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Nothing is often a good thing to do and always a good thing to say.
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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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Education is the transmission of civilization.
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Contentment is rare among men as it is natural among animals
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