To speak ill of others is a dishonest way of praising ourselves.

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.

Nowadays it is about as big a crime to be dumb as it is to be dishonest.

To write one's memoirs is to speak ill of everybody except oneself.

There have been only 268 of the past 3,421 years free of war

Civilization exists by geological consent, subject to change without notice.