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

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It may be true that you cant fool all the people all the time, but you can fool enough of them to rule a large country. – Will Durant

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The good ended happily, and the bad unhappily. That is what fiction means. – Oscar Wilde

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Good character is not formed in a week or a month. It is created little by little, day by day. Protracted and patient effort is needed to develop good character. – Heraclitus

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As is a tale, so is life: not how long it is, but how good it is, is what matters. – Lucius Annaeus Seneca

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Love is the joy of the good, the wonder of the wise, the amazement of the Gods. – Plato

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