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Will Durant Quotes (61 quotes)
 | “To speak ill of others is a dishonest way of praising ourselves; let us be above such transparent egotism. If you can't say good and encouraging things, say nothing. Nothing is often a good thing to do, and always a clever thing to say.” ―Will Durant Source/Notes: Durant, Will. Commencement Speech. We Have a Right To Be Happy Today. Webb School of Claremont, CA. 7 Jun 1958. |
| Source/Notes: As quoted in "Books: The Great Gadfly", Time magazine, 8 October 1965 |
| “It may be true that you can't fool all the people all the time, but you can fool enough of them to rule a large country.” ―Will Durant Source/Notes: From his article "Is Democracy a Failure?". As printed in: Harper's Magazine, Volume 153 (Harper's Magazine Company, 1927), p. 558 |
| Source/Notes: As quoted in: Distilled Wisdom, Alfred Armand Montapert, Prentice-Hall, 1964, p. 63 |
| “Bankers know that history is inflationary and that money is the last thing a wise man will hoard.” ―Will Durant Source/Notes: The Lessons of History by Will Durant and Ariel Durant, 1968, p. 54 |
| “If man asks for many laws it is only because he is sure that his neighbor needs them; privately he is an unphilosophical anarchist, and thinks laws in his own case superfluous.” ―Will Durant Source/Notes: Our Oriental Heritage: The Story of Civilization (2011 edition), Simon and Schuster - ISBN: 9781451646689 |
| Source/Notes: As quoted in: Newsweek, Volume 64, 1964, p. 104 |
| Source/Notes: The Story of Civilization: Rousseau and revolution; a history of civilization in France, England, and Germany from 1756, and in the remainder of Europe from 1715 to 1789, Will Durant, Ariel Durant, Simon and Schuster, 1967, p. 472 |
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Will Durant
Born: November 5, 1885
Died: November 7, 1981 (aged 96)
Nationality: American
Occupation: Historian, writer, philosopher, teacher
Bio: William James Durant was a prolific American writer, historian, and philosopher. He is best known for The Story of Civilization, 11 volumes written in collaboration with his wife Ariel Durant and published between 1935 and 1975. He was earlier noted for The Story of Philosophy, written in 1926, which one observer described as a groundbreaking work that helped to popularize philosophy.
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