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

Quote by Will Durant

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Every vice was once a virtue, and may become respectable again, just as hatred becomes...

Every vice was once a virtue, and may become respectable again, just as hatred becomes...

Inquiry is fatal to certainty

Inquiry is fatal to certainty

Bankers know that history is inflationary and that money is the last thing a wise...

Bankers know that history is inflationary and that money is the last thing a wise...

Civilization begins with order, grows with liberty and dies with chaos

Civilization begins with order, grows with liberty and dies with chaos

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...

Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.

Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.

Truth always originates in a minority of one, and every custom begins as a broken...

Truth always originates in a minority of one, and every custom begins as a broken...

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

Man became free when he recognized that he was subject to law.

Man became free when he recognized that he was subject to law.

It may be true that you can't fool all the people all the time, but...

It may be true that you can't fool all the people all the time, but...

Our knowledge is a receding mirage in an expanding desert of ignorance.

Our knowledge is a receding mirage in an expanding desert of ignorance.

One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to...

One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to...

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...

Most of us spend too much time on the last twenty-four hours and too little...

Most of us spend too much time on the last twenty-four hours and too little...

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...

When liberty becomes license, dictatorship is near.

When liberty becomes license, dictatorship is near.

Inquiry is fatal to certainty.

Inquiry is fatal to certainty.

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...

If four or five guys tell you that you're drunk, even though you know you...

If four or five guys tell you that you're drunk, even though you know you...

The problem with some people is that when they aren't drunk, they're sober.

The problem with some people is that when they aren't drunk, they're sober.