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“I am rather inclined to silence, and whether that be wise or not, it is at least more unusual nowadays to find a man who can hold his tongue than to find one who cannot.”
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- Type:
- quote
- Confidence:
- 0.60
- Indexed:
- 2026-07-04
- Hash:
- 4b9f60586f6fac38ffd53888b511bb100d3f2a5a3f514c77362f5d0c814f033d
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John Selden
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“Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise.”
Unattributed
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
“Euripides was wont to say, "Silence is an answer to a wise man."”
Plutarch
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
“Let a fool hold his tongue and he will pass for a sage.”
Publius Syrus
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
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