Will Durant
Will Durant
William James "Will" Durantwas an American writer, historian, and philosopher. He is best known for 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, described as "a groundbreaking work that helped to popularize philosophy"...
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth5 November 1885
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Nothing is often a good thing to do and always a good thing to say.
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The health of nations is more important than the wealth of nations.
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Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.
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When liberty becomes license, dictatorship is near.
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Communism is the opiate of the people.
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Science gives us knowledge, but only philosophy can give us wisdom.
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There is nothing in socialism that a little age or a little money will not cure.
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The trouble with most people is that they think with their hopes or fears or wishes rather than with their minds.
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In progressive societies the concentration[of wealth] may reach a point where the strength of number in the many poor rivals the strength of ability in the few rich; then the unstable equilibrium generates a critical situation, which history has diversely met by legislation redistributing wealth or by revolution distributing poverty.
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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… In the end, education, like happiness, is individual, and must come to us from life and from ourselves. There is no way; each pilgrim must make his own path. "Happiness," said Chamfort, "is not easily won; it is hard to find it in ourselves, and impossible to find it elsewhere.
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Knowledge is power but only wisdom is liberty.
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Liberty is a product of order.
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Those who know nothing about history are doomed forever to repeat it.
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To say nothing, especially when speaking, is half the art of diplomacy.