To say nothing, especially when speaking, is half the art of diplomacy.

Quote by Will Durant

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Friends are helpful not only because they will listen to us, but because they will...

Friends are helpful not only because they will listen to us, but because they will...

Knowledge is the eye of desire and can become the pilot of the soul.

Knowledge is the eye of desire and can become the pilot of the soul.

Friends are helpful not only because they will listen to us, but because they will...

Friends are helpful not only because they will listen to us, but because they will...

Drunkenness was in good repute in England till Bloody Mary frowned upon it; it remained...

Drunkenness was in good repute in England till Bloody Mary frowned upon it; it remained...

Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.

Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.

Every form of government tends to perish by excess of its basic principle

Every form of government tends to perish by excess of its basic principle

As soon as liberty is complete it dies in anarchy.

As soon as liberty is complete it dies in anarchy.

If man asks for many laws it is only because he is sure that his...

If man asks for many laws it is only because he is sure that his...

I am not against hasty marriages, where a mutual flame is fanned by an adequate...

I am not against hasty marriages, where a mutual flame is fanned by an adequate...

To speak ill of others is a dishonest way of praising ourselves. Nothing is often...

To speak ill of others is a dishonest way of praising ourselves. Nothing is often...

In my youth I stressed freedom, and in my old age I stress order. I...

In my youth I stressed freedom, and in my old age I stress order. I...

Woe to him who teaches men faster than they can learn.

Woe to him who teaches men faster than they can learn.

Continue to express your dissent and your needs, but remember to remain civilized, for you...

Continue to express your dissent and your needs, but remember to remain civilized, for you...

When liberty becomes license, dictatorship is near

When liberty becomes license, dictatorship is near

Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.

Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.

Inquiry is fatal to certainty.

Inquiry is fatal to certainty.

Civilization is the order and freedom is promoting cultural activity.

Civilization is the order and freedom is promoting cultural activity.

Tired mothers find that spanking takes less time than reasoning and penetrates sooner to the...

Tired mothers find that spanking takes less time than reasoning and penetrates sooner to the...

There have been only 268 of the past 3,421 years free of war.

There have been only 268 of the past 3,421 years free of war.

Science gives us knowledge, but only philosophy can give us wisdom.

Science gives us knowledge, but only philosophy can give us wisdom.