Will Durant
Born: William James Durant (1885 - 1981)
American historian and philosopher
- "Civilization exists by geological consent, subject to change without notice."
- "Never does nature say one thing and wisdom another."
- "One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and always a clever thing to say."
Will and 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 a stranger was his own."
- "Power dements even more than it corrupts, lowering the guard of foresight and raising the haste of action."
