We should keep silent about those in power; to speak well…

A man can deceive a woman by his sham attachment to her provided he does not have a real attachment elsewhere.

— Jean de la Bruyere

“If you must speak ill of another, do not speak it . . . ”

— Napoleon Hill

Let no one be willing to speak ill of the absent.

— Anonymous

“The rule is, don't speak of the dead, not don't speak ill of the dead's terrible relatives.”

— Erin McKean

It is only before those who are glad to hear it, and anxious to spread it, that we find it easy to speak ill…

— Jean Antoine Petit-Senn

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

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

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

“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

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

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

— Plato

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

— Plato