What did Will Durant mean by: From barbarism to civilization requires a century; from civilization to barbarism needs but a day. Will Durant Historian · USA Copy
Bankers know that history is inflationary and that money is the last thing a wise man will hoard Author, January 14, 2024January 9, 2025, Will Durant, History, Inflation, Money, 0 Will Durant Historian · USA
The soul of a civilization is its religion, and it dies with its faith. Author, January 14, 2024January 9, 2025, Will Durant, Civilization, Faith, Religion, 0 Will Durant Historian · USA
War is one of the constants of history, and it has not diminished with civilization or democracy. Author, January 14, 2024January 9, 2025, Will Durant, Conflict, History, Society, 0 Will Durant Historian · USA
Can a civilization hold together if man abandons his faith in God? Author, January 14, 2024January 9, 2025, Will Durant, Abandonment, Civilization, Faith, 0 Will Durant Historian · USA
Those who know nothing about history are doomed forever to repeat it. Author, January 14, 2024January 9, 2025, Will Durant, Consequences, Ignorance, Repetition, 0 Will Durant Historian · USA
+ The past is not dead. Indeed, it is often not even past. Author, September 5, 2023January 2, 2025, Will Durant, Continuity, Legacy, Memory, 0 Will Durant Historian · USA
+ Education is the transmission of civilization. Author, August 6, 2023January 2, 2025, Will Durant, Civilization, Education, Transmission, 0 Will Durant Historian · USA
In philosophy, as in politics, the longest distance between two points is a straight line. Author, January 14, 2024January 9, 2025, Will Durant, Distance, Philosophy, Politics, 0 Will Durant Historian · USA
When a work appears to be ahead of its time, it is only the time that is behind the work. Jean Cocteau Artist · France
Whatever may be our natural talents, the art of writing is not acquired all at once. Read explanation Jean-Jacques Rousseau Philosopher · Switzerland
If art, all art, is concerned with truth, then a society in denial will not find much use for it. Jeanette Winterson Author · England
