A Quote by George Washington

Speak not evil of the absent for it is unjust. — © George Washington
Speak not evil of the absent for it is unjust.
Associate yourself with men of good quality, if you esteem your reputation. Be not apt to relate news, if you know not the truth thereof. Speak no evil of the absent, for it is unjust. Undertake not what you cannot perform, but be careful to keep your promise. There is but one straight course, and that is to seek truth, and pursue it steadily. Nothing but harmony, honesty, industry and frugality are necessary to make us a great and happy nation.
One who breaks an unjust law that conscience tells him is unjust ... is in reality expressing the highest respect for law ... We will not obey your evil laws.
How unjust life is, to make physical charm so immediately apparent or absent, when one can get away with vices untold for ever.
Hear no evil, speak no evil, see no evil but then also do no evil.
What is evil? Killing is evil, lying is evil, slandering is evil, abuse is evil, gossip is evil, envy is evil, hatred is evil, to cling to false doctrine is evil; all these things are evil. And what is the root of evil? Desire is the root of evil, illusion is the root of evil.
See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil. Rohypnol
Let no one be willing to speak ill of the absent.
As for monkeys, I would have five, and they would be named: See No Evil, Hear No Evil, Speak No Evil, Do Pretty Much Whatever The Hell You Want, and Expensive Attorney.
Never speak ill of an absent friend.
Hear no evil. See no evil. Speak no evil.
[Heraclitus] concluded that coming-to-be itself could not be anything evil or unjust.
For with G. D., to be absent from the body is sometimes (not to speak profanely) to be present with the Lord.
Hear no evil, speak no evil, and you won't be invited to cocktail parties.
I think it's perfectly possible for us to stay outside of power politics, or parliamentary politics, and speak about things like the American hegemony in the region or speak about the unjust war on terror that's been brought to our borders.
All interstate wars intensify aggression – maximize it … some wars are even more unjust than others. In other words, all government wars are unjust, although some governments have less unjust claims.
There is a concept that is the corrupter and destroyer of all others. I speak not of Evil, whose limited empire is that of ethics; I speak of the infinite.
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