To say nothing, especially when speaking, is half the art of diplomacy.
From Will Durant
Our knowledge is a receding mirage in an expanding desert of ignorance.
Knowledge is the eye of desire and can become the pilot of the soul.
It may be true that you can't fool all the people all the time, but you can fool enough of them to rule a large country.
Every science begins as philosophy and ends as art.
There have been only 268 of the past 3,421 years free of war.
Civilization exists by geological consent, subject to change without notice.
The political machine triumphs because it is a united minority acting against a divided majority.
When liberty becomes license, dictatorship is near.
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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