Good thing Quote by Will Durant

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

— Will Durant

We study history not to be clever in another time, but to be wise always.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

Sometimes, to be wise is to say nothing at all..

— Anonymous

Many of us ask what can I, as one person, do, but history shows us that everything good and bad starts because somebody does…

— Sylvia Earle

One of my favorite little sayings is, 'To avoid criticism, say nothing, do nothing, be nothing.

— Robert M. Gates

“A distinguished historian has said that one of the most valuable things about history is that it teaches us how things do not happen.”

— Joe Scarborough

The true use of history, whether civil or military, is not to make man clever for the next time, it is to make him…

— Michael Howard

“Even a fool when he holds his peace is considered wise; when he closes his lips he is esteemed a man of understanding” (Proverbs…

— Karen Ehman

It's just a good thing to be a part of history and a lot of people will not be able to say that.

— Ginuwine

“Here is a lesson to brand in fire across any young historian's mind: If you try to do too much, you will not do…

— Richard Marius

There's an old saying about those who forget history. I don't remember it, but it's good.

— Stephen Colbert

“History is the nothing people write about a nothing.”

— William Golding