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The Lessons of History

Will and Ariel Durant
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This is a hundred-page biography on the human species, written by Will and Ariel Durant, who spent 40 years writing The Story of Civilization.

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The author references a line from this book that summarizes human history, noting that in every age, men have been dishonest and governments have been corrupt.

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The Durants spent 50 years studying history and wrote 'Lessons of History', which distills their insights into human nature and dishonesty.