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Will Durant
American historian, philosopher and writer (1885–1981)
William James Durant was an American writer, historian, and philosopher. He became best known for his work The Story of Civilization, 11 volumes written in collaboration with his wife, Ariel Durant, and published between 1935 and 1975. He was earlier noted for The Story of Philosophy (1926), described as "a groundbreaking work that helped to popularize philosophy".
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Will Durant Quotes Page 2
Civilization is the order and freedom is promoting cultural activity.
To speak ill of others is a dishonest way of praising ourselves. Nothing is often a good thing to say, and always a clever thing to say.
Every form of government tends to perish by excess of its basic principle.
One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and always a clever thing to say.
History is mostly guessing the rest is prejudice.
Bankers know that history is inflationary and that money is the last thing a wise man will hoard.
The trouble with most people is that they think with their hopes or fears or wishes rather than with their minds.
Knowledge is the eye of desire and can become the pilot of the soul.
Science gives us knowledge, but only philosophy can give us wisdom.
Our knowledge is a receding mirage in an expanding desert of ignorance.
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