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Quote by Will Durant
One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thin

One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and always a clever thing to say. – Will Durant

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

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Change
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The trouble with most people is that they think with their hopes or fears or wishes rather than with their minds. – Will Durant

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Thinking
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To speak ill of others is a dishonest way of praising ourselves. Nothing is often a good thing to say, and always a clever thing to say. – Will Durant

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Other Quotes from
History
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The past is really almost as much a work of the imagination as the future. – Jessamyn West

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History

History is a cyclic poem written by Time upon the memories of man. – Percy Bysshe Shelley

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History

A day spent praising the earth and lamenting mans pollutionist history makes you feel like a superior, sensitive soul. – Russell Baker

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History

Generally speaking, historically in this country, the care of a child has been thought of as female business. – Eddie Bernice Johnson

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History

Random Quotes

The keys to patience are acceptance and faith. Accept things as they are, and look realistically at the world around you. Have faith in yourself and in the direction you have chosen. – Ralph Marston

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Faith

I need my family to remind me in a loving and nice way to lighten up. – Debra Winger

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Family

In youth, we clothe ourselves with rainbows, and go as brave as the zodiac. In age, we put out another sort of perspiration,—gout, fever, rheumatism, caprice, doubt, fretting, and avarice. – Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882), “Fate,” The Conduct of Life

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Rainbows

I generally wade in blind and trust to fate and instinct to see me through. – Peter Straub

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Trust