• We should keep silent about those in power; to speak well of them almost implies flattery; to speak ill of them while they are alive is dangerous, and when they are dead is cowardly.

  Jean de la Bruyère
  French writer 1645-1696
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Subjects in these quotes:

1. dangerous
2. cowardly
3. almost
4. those
5. power
6. speak

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We should keep silent about those in power; to speak well of them almost implies flattery; to speak ill of them while they are alive is dangerous, and when they are dead is cowardly. by : Jean de la Bruyère

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