There is hardly an absurdity of the past that cannot be found flourishing somewhere in the present. Will Durant More Quotes by Will Durant More Quotes From Will Durant Caesar's armies marched on vegetarian foods. Will Durant vegetarianarmyvegetables The finger that turns the dial rules the air. Will Durant fingersturnsair Music and religion are as intimately related as poetry and love; the deepest emotions require for their civilized expression the most emotional of arts. Will Durant emotionalexpressionart 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. Will Durant pridewishlove I came to think of myself, not as a dance and chaos of molecules, but as a brief and minute portion of that majestic process Will Durant moleculesmajesticthinking As soon as liberty is complete it dies in anarchy. Will Durant anarchydiesliberty The crossroads of trade are the meeting place of ideas, the attrition ground of rival customs and beliefs; diversities beget conflict, comparison, thought; superstitions cancel one another, and reason begins. Will Durant diversitybusinessideas It is one of the most culpable oversights of nature that virtue and beauty so often come in separate packages. Will Durant oversightpackagesvirtue So the story of man runs in a dreary circle, because he is not yet master of the earth that holds him. Will Durant circlesrunningmen Nature has never read the Declaration of Independence. It continues to make us unequal. Will Durant independenceequalitynature The love we have in our youth is superficial compared to the love that an old man has for his old wife. Will Durant weddingwifemen In its youth a people produce mythology and poetry; in its decadence, philosophy and logic. Will Durant youthphilosophypeople Read, think well of mankind, go to our libraries and rejoice. Will Durant librarymankindthinking The individual succumbs, but he does not die if he has left something to mankind. Will Durant individualmankinddoe Cultural creation... begins where chaos and insecurity end. Will Durant chaosinsecurityculture A cat has a reputation to protect. If it had a halo, it would be worn cocked to one side. Will Durant haloscatwould-be What if it is for life's sake that we must die? In truth we are not individuals; and it is because we think ourselves such that death seems unforgivable. We are temporary organs of the race, cells in the body of life; we die and drop away that life may remain young and strong. If we were to live forever, growth would be stifled, and youth would find no room on earth. Death, like style, is the removal of rubbish, the circumcision of the superfluous. In the midst of death life renews itself immortally. Will Durant strongstrugglethinking History is so indifferently rich, that a case for almost any conclusion from it can be made by a selection of instances. Will Durant richmadehistory In my youth I stressed freedom, and in my old age I stress order. I have made the great discovery that liberty is a product of order. Will Durant stressdiscoveryorder Civilization exists by geological consent, subject to change without notice. Will Durant existencechangecivilization
