To speak ill of others is a dishonest way of praising…

“To speak ill of others is a dishonest way of praising ourselves. . . let us be above such transparent egotism.”

— Will Durant

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

It is dishonest the way that people suddenly think they've found guitars, and wear their guitar as a badge.

— Pete Waterman

A culture exists within the [Ted] Cruz camp that would allow people to take advantage of a situation like this in a very dishonest…

— Benjamin Carson

Nothing is often a good thing to do and always a good thing to say.

— Will Durant

“If the past has taught me one thing, it is that nothing is often a good thing to do and always a clever thing…

— Heather Stotz

However a man who was honest and clever was always, ALWAYS more difficult to scam than someone who was both dishonest and clever. Sincerity.…

— Brandon Sanderson

“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

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

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

— St. Jacinta

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

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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

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