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Will Durant Quotes about History

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Civilization is not inherited; it has to be learned and earned by each generation anew; if the transmission should be interrupted for one century, civilization would die, and we should be savages again.

Civilization is not inherited; it has to be learned and earned by each generation anew; if the transmission should be interrupted for one century, civilization would die, and we should be savages again.

Civilization, History, Savages

Will Durant, Ariel Durant (1968). “The lessons of history”, Simon & Schuster

History offers some consolation by reminding us that sin has flourished in every age.

History, Age, Sin

Will Durant, Ariel Durant (2012). “The Lessons of History”, Simon and Schuster

History is mostly guessing; the rest is prejudice.

History, Prejudice, Guessing

History is so indifferently rich, that a case for almost any conclusion from it can be made by a selection of instances.

History, Rich, Made

Will Durant, Ariel Durant (1968). “The lessons of history”, Simon & Schuster

The South creates the civilizations, the North conquers them, ruins them, borrows from them, spreads them: this is one summary of history.

Civilization, History, Ruins

Will Durant, Ariel Durant (1968). “The Lessons of History”

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