Quotes by Will Durant

Will Durant

A cat has a reputation to protect. If it had a halo, it would be worn cocked to one side.

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Halos

Would Be

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A civilization is born Stoic and dies Epicurean.

Born

Civilization

Stoic

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All deductions having been made, democracy has done less harm, and more good, than any other form of government. It gave to human existence a zest and camaraderie that outweighed its pitfalls and defects. It gave to thought and science and enterprise the freedom essential to their operation and growth. It broke down the walls of privilege and class, and in each generation it raised up ability from every rank and place.

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Wall

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An emperor knows how to govern when poets are free to make verses, people to act plays, historians to tell the truth, ministers to give advice, the poor to grumble at taxes, students to learn lessons aloud, workmen to praise their skill and seek work, people to speak of anything, and old men to find fault with everything.

Men

Play

Skills

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As knowledge grew, fear decreased; men thought less of worshiping the unknown, and more of overcoming it.

Grew

Men

Overcoming

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As long as there is poverty there will be gods.

Long

Poverty

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As soon as liberty is complete it dies in anarchy.

Anarchy

Dies

Liberty

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Caesar’s armies marched on vegetarian foods.

Army

Vegetables

Vegetarian

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Can a civilization hold together if man abandons his faith in God?

Christian

Men

Religious

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

Civilization

Liberty

Order

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