Heroes of History
A Brief History of Civilization from Ancient Times to the Dawn of the Modern Age
Will Durant
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compiled by John Little from a manuscript found after Durant's death
Woman had domesticated the sheep, the dog, the ass, and the pig; now she domesticated man. Man is woman's last domestic animal, only partially and reluctantly civilized.
- p. 16 (Simon & Schuster, 2001)
Individuals became civilized when they were made secure by membership in an effectively protective communal group; states will become civilized when they are made secure by loyal membership in an effectively protective federated group.
- p. 17 (Simon & Schuster, 2001)
Civilization is social order promoting cultural creation.
- p. 18 (Simon & Schuster, 2001)
Wisdom can never be transmitted by words, only by example and experience.
- p. 25 (Simon & Schuster, 2001)
The first principle of good government is good example.
- p. 26 (Simon & Schuster, 2001)
Revolution, like death and style, is the removal of rubbish, the surgery of the superfluous; it comes when many things are ready to die.
- p. 32 (Simon & Schuster, 2001)
Only the Second World War made India politically free.
- p. 39 (Simon & Schuster, 2001)