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

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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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Liars need to have good memories. – Algernon Sidney

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Its like gambling somehow. You go out for a night of drinking and you dont know where your going to end up the next day. It could work out good or it could be disastrous. Its like the throw of the dice. – Jim Morrison

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Greek philosophy seems to have met with something with which a good tragedy is not supposed to meet, namely, a dull ending. – Karl Marx

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The only thing to do with good advice is to pass it on. It is never of any use to oneself. – Oscar Wilde

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