Ibn Khaldun Quotes (10+)

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Jan 01, 1332 - Jan 01, 1406

Injustice ruins civilization.

The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only one page.

Blind imitation of the victor by the vanquished is a general rule.

Education does not consist in stuffing a child's head with facts.

The strength of a civilization is measured by the intellectual and moral development of its people.

Habits are qualities of the soul.

Man is essentially ignorant, and becomes learned through acquiring knowledge.

Man is the child of customs, not the child of his ancestors.

Government is an institution which prevents injustice other than such as it commits itself.

The past resembles the future more than one drop of water resembles another.

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Ibn Khaldun (1332–1406) was a Tunisian Arab scholar and the father of modern sociology, historiography, and economics.