It is better to be silent and be considered a fool than to speak and remove all doubt.
Abraham Lincoln.
Warns that staying silent can hide foolishness better than speaking does.
It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to open your mouth and remove all doubts.
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Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.
— Abraham Lincoln
TRUE STORY . . . AFTER A FEW OF THE USUAL SUNDAY EVENING HYMNS, THE CHURCH'S PASTOR SLOWLY STOOD UP, WALKED OVER TO THE …
— Unknown
If you find yourself in a hole, stop digging.
— Will Rogers
It takes two years to learn to talk and seventy years to learn to keep your mouth shut.
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.
