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"Let thy speech be better than silence, or be silent."
Dionysius the Elder / Frag. 6.

Frag. 6.

Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain

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"Dionysius the Elder, being asked whether he was at leisure, he replied, "God forbid that it should ever befall me!""
Plutarch / Apophthegms of Kings and Great Commanders. Dionysius.

Apophthegms of Kings and Great Commanders. Dionysius.

Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain

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