In Maine, we have a saying that there’s no point in speaking unless you can improve on silence.
Edmund Muskie.
A Maine saying that speech is only worth it if it beats staying silent.
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If you keep your mouth shut, you won't put your foot in it.
Never miss a good chance to shut up.
— Will Rogers
Wisdom has two parts: 1) Having a lot to say. 2) Not saying it.
— Unknown
"Moses and his people were in the desert, but what was he going to do with them? They had to be fed, and feeding 2 or 3 …
— Unknown
Tact is the ability to close your mouth before someone else wants to.
Blessed is the man who, having nothing to say, abstains from giving in words evidence of the fact. –George Eliot, Impres…
— George Eliot
