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.

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Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.

Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.

Every science begins as philosophy and ends as art.

Every science begins as philosophy and ends as art.

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.

The supreme end of education is expert discernment in all things--the power to tell the...

The supreme end of education is expert discernment in all things--the power to tell the...

Education is the transmission of civilization.

Education is the transmission of civilization.

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

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

Inquiry is fatal to certainty.

Inquiry is fatal to certainty.

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...

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...

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...

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...

Even when repressed, inequality grows; only the man who is below the average in economic...

Even when repressed, inequality grows; only the man who is below the average in economic...

Moral codes adjust themselves to environmental conditions.

Moral codes adjust themselves to environmental conditions.

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

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

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...

The most interesting thing in the world is another human being who wonders, suffers and...

The most interesting thing in the world is another human being who wonders, suffers and...

The family is the nucleus of civilization.

The family is the nucleus of civilization.

There is nothing in socialism that a little age or a little money will not...

There is nothing in socialism that a little age or a little money will not...

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...

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

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