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Will Durant Quotes

American - Historian | November 5, 1885 - November 7, 1981

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.

Excellence Habit Act Then Repeatedly

Civilization begins with order, grows with liberty and dies with chaos.

Chaos Liberty Civilization Order

Knowledge is the eye of desire and can become the pilot of the soul.

Knowledge Soul Eye Desire Become

Our knowledge is a receding mirage in an expanding desert of ignorance.

Knowledge Ignorance Desert Our

The political machine triumphs because it is a united minority acting against a divided majority.

Political Acting Divided Against

To say nothing, especially when speaking, is half the art of diplomacy.

Communication Art Say Nothing Half

Sixty years ago I knew everything; now I know nothing; education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.

Education Ignorance Discovery Know

Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.

Education Ignorance Discovery Own

Civilization exists by geological consent, subject to change without notice.

Change Civilization Without Consent

When liberty becomes license, dictatorship is near.

Liberty Dictatorship License Near

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.

Good Speak Say Nothing Way Others

Nature has never read the Declaration of Independence. It continues to make us unequal.

Nature Independence Never Us Read

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