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“The silver Swan, who, living, had no Note, when Death approached, unlocked her silent throat. Leaning her breast upon the reedy shore, thus sang her first and last, and sang no more: 'Farewell, all joys! O Death, come close mine eyes! More Geese than Swans now live, more Fools than Wise.'”

Firsts Eye Lasts Joy Wise Mines Fool Notes Silent Breasts Silver Shore Throat Farewell Geese Swans Firsts And Lasts

Author:Orlando Gibbons

“No fool can be silent at a feast.”

Author:Solon

“Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise.”

Silence Wise Fool Intellectual Silent Folly Silence Is Silence Is Golden Remaining Silent Silence And Peace

Author:Jeremiah

“The silly when deceived exclaim loudly; the fool complains; the honest man walks away and is silent.”

Men Walks Honest Fool Silent Complaining Silly Deceit Deceived Honest Man

Author:Francois de la Noue

“In the deserted harbour there is yet water that laps against the quays. In the dark and silent forest, there is a leaf that falls. Behind the polished panelling the white ant eats away the wood. Nothing is ever quiet, except for fools”

Fall Water Dark White Behinds Fool Quiet Silent Woods Forests Leafs Lap Ants Polished Deserted Harbour

Book:Cry, the Beloved Country

Source: Cry, the Beloved Country

“Fools multiply when wise men are silent.”

Men Wise Fool Silent

Author:Nelson Mandela

“Better to remain silent and thought a fool, than to speak out and confirm that you didn't do the assigned readings before the strategic planning retreat.”

Reading Speak Fool Silent Planning Retreat Strategic Speaks Out Strategic Planning

Author:Abraham Lincoln

“Jonathan Swift wrote that it is better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt. It is also better to repeat yourself and be thought a scold than to speak only once and never be heard.”

Speak Doubt Heard Fool Mouths Silent Repeats Remove

Book:A Guide to Christian Ambition: Using Career, Politics, and Culture to Influence the World

Source: A Guide to Christian Ambition: Using Career, Politics, and Culture to Influence the World

“Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.”

Source: Abraham Lincoln, wisdom & wit

“Fools talk, cowards are silent, wise men listen.”

Men Wise Fool Silent Coward Shadow Of The Wind

Book:The Shadow Of The Wind

Source: The Shadow Of The Wind

“The wise man knows when to keep silent. Only the fool tells all he knows.”

Knows Men Wise Fool Silent

Book:Neil Gaiman Young Readers' Collection: Odd and the Frost Giants; Coraline; The Graveyard Book; Fortunately, the Milk

Source: Neil Gaiman Young Readers' Collection: Odd and the Frost Giants; Coraline; The Graveyard Book; Fortunately, the Milk

“The bowed head, the buried face. She is silent, she will never speak, never forgive, never reach a hand, never leave this frozen present tense. All waits, suspended. Suspended the autumn trees, the autumn sky, anonymous people. A blackbird, poor fool, sings out of season from the willows by the lake. A flight of pigeons over the houses; fragments of freedom, hazard, an anagram made flesh. And somewhere the stinging smell of burning leaves.”