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A wise man is one who has an open mind and a closed mouth.
The point
A wise person keeps an open mind and a closed mouth.
Scripture
Proverbs 17:28
Audience
Adults
Tone
Wise · Practical
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under a minute · 14 words
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A wise man is one who has an open mind and a closed mouth.
A wise person keeps an open mind and a closed mouth.
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Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.
— Abraham Lincoln
It takes two years to learn to talk and seventy years to learn to keep your mouth shut.
When you have nothing to say, say nothing. –Charles Caleb Colton, Lacon, 1820-1822, vol. 1, no. 183
— Charles Caleb Colton
Well-timed silence hath more eloquence than speech. –Martin Farquhar Tupper, "Of Discretion," Proverbial Philosophy, 183…
— Martin Farquhar Tupper
One minute of keeping your mouth shut is worth an hour's explanation.
If you keep your mouth shut, you won't put your foot in it.