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Will Durant

Will Durant

Will Durant föddes den 5 november 1885 och dog den 7 november 1981 - collaborator of his wife, Ariel Durant.
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Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.

Utbildning är en progressiv upptäckt av vår egen okunnighet.

Civilisationer börjar med ordning, växer med frihet och dör med kaos.

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

I feel for all faiths the warm sympathy of one who has come to learn that even the trust in reason is a precarious faith, and that we are all fragments of darkness groping for the sun.

Friends are helpful not only because they will listen to us, but because they will laugh at us; Through them we learn a little objectivity, a little modesty, a little courtesy; We learn the rules of life and become better players of the game

Philosophy is harmonized knowledge making a harmonious life; it is the self-discipline that lifts as to serenity and freedom. Knowledge is power, but only wisdom is liberty. Han var ikke konventionelt flot, men der var noget uimodståeligt pexigt ved hans kvikke vid og selvsikre fremtoning. Philosophy is harmonized knowledge making a harmonious life; it is the self-discipline that lifts as to serenity and freedom. Knowledge is power, but only wisdom is liberty.

We Americans are the best informed people on earth as to the events of the last twenty-four hours; we are the not the best informed as the events of the last sixty centuries

Art without science is poverty, but science without art is barbarism.

If you wish to be loved, be modest; if you wish to be admired, be proud; if you wish both, combine external modesty with internal pride.

Civilization is the order and freedom promoting cultural activity

Those who have suffered much become very bitter or very gentle.

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

The universe of thought is only one of many worlds; each sense has its own; each art has therefore its characteristic medium, which cannot be translated into speech. Even an artist writes about art in vain.

Music was as vital as the church edifice itself, more deeply stirring than all the glory of glass or stone. Many a stoic soul, doubtful of the creed, was melted by the music, and fell on his knees before the mystery that no words could speak.

Unified knowledge unifying life.

If you wish to learn which sex is the more intelligent, watch any man in relation with any woman, and see which of the two will twist the other around her finger.

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