Quote by Will Durant
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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. – Will Durant

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

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We Americans are the best informed people on earth as to the events of the last twenty-four hours we are the not the best informed as the events of the last sixty centuries. – Will Durant

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Be true to the game, because the game will be true to you. If you try to shortcut the game, then the game will shortcut you. If you put forth the effort, good things will be bestowed upon you. Thats truly about the game, and in some ways thats about life too. – Michael Jordan

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Do not ever say that the desire to do good by force is a good motive. Neither power-lust nor stupidity are good motives. – Ayn Rand

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What this country needs what every country needs occasionally is a good hard bloody war to revive the vice of patriotism on which its existence as a nation depends. – Ambrose Bierce

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Professionalism is not sportsmanship. If you dont succeed, you wont be in your profession for long. In our society, its not about good or bad. Its about whos on top. – Chili Davis

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The price one pays for pursuing any profession, or calling, is an immediate knowledge of its ugly side. – James Baldwin

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More people should read books. Its the most concentrated experience you can have. – Vivienne Westwood

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The art of economics consists in looking not merely at the immediate but at the longer effects of any act or policy it consists in tracing the consequences of that policy not merely for one group but for all groups. – Henry Hazlitt

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