33 Quotes by Hendrik Willem van Loon
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On the other hand, when you grow up you will discover that some of the people in this world never passed beyond the stage of the cave-man.
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For tolerance (and you must remember this when you grow older), is of very recent origin and even the people of our own so-called "modern world" are apt to be tolerant only upon such matters as do not interest them very much.
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The history of man is the record of a hungry creature in search of food. Wherever food was plentiful, thither man has travelled to make his home. - Page 22
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History is the mighty tower of experience, which time has built amidst the endless fields of bygone ages. - Forward
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Somewhere in the world there is an epigram for every dilemma.
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The arts are an even better barometer of what is happening in our world than the stock market or the debates in congress.
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It is little enough we know and the rest is darkness.
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Life means progress, and progress means suffering.
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A few drops of science will often disinfect an entire barrel full of ignorance and prejudice.
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