Durant, William James(Will)

US historian

wrote 11-volume "The Story of Civilization" 1935-1975 (including volume 10, "Rousseau and Revolution" 1967 (Pulitzer Prize for nonfication 1968)

volumes 7 through 11 co-written with Ariel Durant)

husband of Ariel Durant

• "The laws that Charondas gave to Catana,... A man might divorce his wife, or a wife her husband, said Charondas, but then he or she must not marry anyone younger than the divorced mate."
• "The health of nations is more important than the wealth of nations."
• "Education is a progressive discovery of our ignorance."
• "Civilization is a stream with banks. The stream is sometimes filled with blood from people killing, stealing, shouting and doing the things historians usually record, while on the banks, unnoticed, people build homes, make love, raise children, sing song."
• "Forget past mistakes. Forget failures. Forget everything except what you're going to do now and do it."