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Quote by Will Durant
To speak ill of others is a dishonest way of praising ourselves. N

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

Other quotes by Will Durant

Bankers know that history is inflationary and that money is the last thing a wise man will hoard. – Will Durant

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History
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Tired mothers find that spanking takes less time than reasoning and penetrates sooner to the seat of the memory. – Will Durant

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Discipline
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Civilization exists by geological consent, subject to change without notice. – Will Durant

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Change
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You have a good many little gifts and virtues, but there is no need of parading them, for conceit spoils the finest genius. There is not much danger that real talent or goodness will be overlooked long, and the great charm of all power is modesty. – Louisa May Alcott

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In fact, I thought that Christianity was very a good and a very valuable thing for us. But after a while, I began to feel that the story that I was told about this religion wasnt perhaps completely whole, that something was left out. – Chinua Achebe

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Our intentions may be very good, but, because the intelligence is limited, the action may turn out to be a mistake – a mistake, but not necessarily a sin, for sin comes out of a wrong intention. – E. Stanley Jones

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If the critics are right that Ive made all my decisions based on polls, then I must not be very good at reading them. – Barack Obama

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We cannot advance without new experiments in living, but no wise man tries every day what he has proved wrong the day before. – James Truslow Adams

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Kids are great. Thats one of the best things about our business, all the kids you get to meet. Its a shame they have to grow up to be regular people and come to the games and call you names. – Charles Barkley

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Faith is believing that the outcome will be what it should be, no matter what it is. – Colette Baron-Reid

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