“Civilization is a stream with banks. The stream is sometimes filled with blood from people killing... while on the banks, unnoticed, people build homes, make love, raise children... The story of civilization is what happened on the banks.”

About Ariel Durant

Author • American

Ariel Durant was a Russian-born American author and historian, best known for co-authoring the eleven-volume work The Story of Civilization with her husband, Will Durant. Initially his student, she became his...