Everyone is ready to speak ill of a stranger.

“But to speak ill of people at hand who give no cause for blame, is to assume a right far distinct from justice.”

— Aeschylus

Always be ready to speak your mind, and a base man will avoid you.

— William Blake

Tell no man anything, for no man listens Yet hold thy lips ready to speak.

— Carl Sandburg

“he who is (ever ready to) speak about it does not know it.”

— Lao Tzu

I like people who refuse to speak until they are ready to speak.

— Lillian Hellman

When men speak ill of thee, live so that nobody will believe them.

— Plato

Speak neither well nor ill of yourself; if well, men won't believe you, if ill they will believe a lot more than you say.

— Vikrant Parsai

To speak ill of others is a dishonest way of praising ourselves; let us be above such transparent egotism. If you can't say good…

— Will Durant

A Latin phrase says: De mortuis nil nisi bonum, Speak no ill of the dead. But it is better to say this way: Speak…

— Mehmet Murat Ildan

If you must speak ill of another, do not speak it, write it in the sand near the water's edge.

— Napoleon Hill

Those who speak ill of the spiritual life, although they come and go by day, are like the smith's bellows: they take breath but…

— William Hazlitt

We would rather speak ill of ourselves than not talk about ourselves at all.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

“So live your life that those who speak ill of you will not be believed.”

— one of the ancient Greeks I'm on a hunt to find which one

“Speak ill of no one and avoid the company of those who talk (bad) about their neighbours.”

— St. Jacinta

When men speak ill of thee, live so as nobody may believe them.

— Plato