The present is the past rolled up for action, and the past is the present unrolled for understanding.
Today's rebel is tomorrow's tyrant. - Ariel Durant
Today's rebel is tomorrow's tyrant.
- Ariel Durant
Only a fool would try to compress a hundred centuries into a hundred pages of hazardous conclusions. We proceed. - Ariel Durant
Only a fool would try to compress a hundred centuries into a hundred pages of hazardous conclusions. We proceed.
Man, not the earth, makes civilization. - Ariel Durant
Man, not the earth, makes civilization.
The laws of biology are the fundamental lessons of history. - Ariel Durant
The laws of biology are the fundamental lessons of history.
When his apprenticeship was finished (the candidate for Knighthood) was received into the Knightly Order by a ritual of sacramental awe. - Ariel Durant
When his apprenticeship was finished (the candidate for Knighthood) was received into the Knightly Order by a ritual of sacramental awe.
The influence of geographic factors diminishes as technology grows. The character and contour of a terrain may offer opportunities for agriculture, m… - Ariel Durant
The influence of geographic factors diminishes as technology grows. The character and contour of a terrain may offer opportunities for agriculture, m…
Mozart began his works in childhood and a childlike quality lurked in his compositions until it dawned on him that the Requiem he was writing for s a… - Ariel Durant
Mozart began his works in childhood and a childlike quality lurked in his compositions until it dawned on him that the Requiem he was writing for s a…
It is good a philosopher should remind himself, now and then, that he is a particle pontificating on infinity. - Ariel Durant
It is good a philosopher should remind himself, now and then, that he is a particle pontificating on infinity.
If you have character, endeavor, personality, courage and the capacity for concentrated labor, you will do what is your destiny – and, perhaps, even … - Ariel Durant
If you have character, endeavor, personality, courage and the capacity for concentrated labor, you will do what is your destiny – and, perhaps, even …
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