Famous Will Durant Quotes

  • [I]ndeed, one hears, in early Christian theology, as many echoes of Persian dualism as of Hebrew Puritanism or Greek philosophy. – Will Durant

    [I]ndeed, one hears, in early Christian theology, as many echoes of Persian dualism as of Hebrew Puritanism or Greek philosophy.– Will Durant

  • [V]irtue is not news, and virtuous men, like happy nations, have no history. – Will Durant

    [V]irtue is not news, and virtuous men, like happy nations, have no history.– Will Durant

  • History is an excellent teacher with few pupils. – Will Durant

    History is an excellent teacher with few pupils.– Will Durant

  • Men who can manage men manage the men who can manage only things. – Will Durant

    Men who can manage men manage the men who can manage only things.– Will Durant

  • No man is educated for statesmanship who cannot see his time from the perspective of the past. – Will Durant

    No man is educated for statesmanship who cannot see his time from the perspective of the past.– Will Durant

  • War does one good-”it teaches people geography. – Will Durant

    War does one good-”it teaches people geography.– Will Durant

  • So the story of man runs in a dreary circle, because he is not yet master of the earth that holds him. – Will Durant

    So the story of man runs in a dreary circle, because he is not yet master of the earth that holds him.– Will Durant

  • Civilization exists by geological consent, subject to change without notice. – Will Durant

    Civilization exists by geological consent, subject to change without notice. – Will Durant