To speak ill of others is a dishonest way of praising ourselves. Nothing is often a good thing to say, and always a clever thing to say.

Quote by Will Durant

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We Americans are the best informed people on earth as to the events of the...

We Americans are the best informed people on earth as to the events of the...

Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.

Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.

The family is the nucleus of civilization.

The family is the nucleus of civilization.

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...

Nature has never read the Declaration of Independence. It continues to make us unequal.

Nature has never read the Declaration of Independence. It continues to make us unequal.

India was the mother of our race and Sanskrit the mother of Europe's languages. She...

India was the mother of our race and Sanskrit the mother of Europe's languages. She...

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...

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

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

The love we have in our youth is superficial compared to the love that an...

The love we have in our youth is superficial compared to the love that an...

The political machine triumphs because it is a united minority acting against a divided majority.

The political machine triumphs because it is a united minority acting against a divided majority.

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...

Does history support a belief in God? If by God we mean not the creative...

Does history support a belief in God? If by God we mean not the creative...

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.

Moral codes adjust themselves to environmental conditions.

Moral codes adjust themselves to environmental conditions.

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...

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

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

Every science begins as philosophy and ends as art.

Every science begins as philosophy and ends as art.

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...

History is mostly guessing; the rest is prejudice.

History is mostly guessing; the rest is prejudice.

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...