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"Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding."--Proverbs 17:28
"I have often repented speaking, but never of holding my tongue."--Xenocrates, fragment
"Among my most prized possessions are words that I have never spoken."--Orson Card
"The most precious things in speech are pauses."--Ralph Richardson
"Don't speak unless you can improve on the silence."--Spanish proverb
"Some man holdeth his tongue, because he hath not to answer: and some keepeth silence, knowing his time."--Ecclesiasticus 20:6
"There are very few people who don't become more interesting when they stop talking."--Mary Lowry
"There is a lot to be said for the person who doesn't say it himself."--Maurice Switzer
"Wisdom is the reward you get for a lifetime of listening when you'd have preferred to talk."--Doug Larson
"A true holy person speaks little, but when necessary uses words which are sweet."--The Dhammapada: The Holy Person, verse 363
"That is, sir, there can only be communication, communion, when you and I are on the same level, and with the same intensity, at the same time."--J. Krishnamurti, Can Humanity Change?, page 78
"Sir, when two people have the extraordinary quality of this state, words are not necessary. Where that quality of love exists, words become unnecessary. There is instant communication."--J. Krishnamurti, Can Humanity Change?, page 79
"Nature has give us one tongue and two ears so that we would listen twice as much as we speak."--Zeno of Elea
"Two monologues do not make a dialogue."--Jeff Daly
"Most conversations are simply monologues delivered in the presence of a witness."--Margaret Millar
"Foolishness always results when the tongue outraces the brain."--Unknown
"A man who takes pleasure in speaking continuously fools himself in thinking he is not unpleasant to those around him."--Sophocles
"Constant talk does not mean wisdom. On the other hand, the signs of patience, love, and freedom will direct you to the wise person."--The Dhammapada: A Proper Life, verse 258
"Misery is the end of those with unbridled mouths."--Euripides, Bacchants
"Always when you are about to say anything, first weigh it in your mind; for with many the tongue outruns the thought."--Isocrates, letter to Demonicus
"Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind."--Dr. Seuss
"Of all the things you wear, your expression is the most important."--Janet Lane
"If you cannot say what you have to say in twenty minutes, you should go away and write a book about it."--Lord Brabizon
"Treat a man as he is, and he will remain as he is. Treat a man as he could be, and he will become what he should be."--Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones."--Proverbs 16:24
"You can be right or you can be happy."--Anonymous
"You can be right or righteous."--Annoymous
"Draw me not away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, which speak peace to their neighbours, but mischief is in their hearts."--Psalms 28:3
"But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation;"--I Peter 1:15
"The first duty of love is to listen."--Paul Tillich, 1886-1965
"Speak gently to everyone and they will respond accordingly. Harsh words hurt, and you will get them thrown back in your face."--The Dhammapada: Retribution, verse 133
"Speak not nor act before thou hast reflected."--Pythagoras
"Consider before acting, to avoid foolishness: It is the worthless man who speaks and acts thoughtlessly."--Pythagoras
"Let there be but two occasions for speech--when the subject is one which you thoroughly know and when it is one on which you are compelled to speak. On these occasions alone is speech better than silence; on all others, it is better to be silent than to speak."--Isocrates, letter to Demonicus
"And be silent for the most part, or else make only the most necessary remarks, and express these in few words. But rarely, and when occasion requires you to talk, talk, indeed, but about no ordinary topics. Do not talk about gladiators, or horseraces, or athletes, or things to eat or drink--topics that arise on all occasions; but above all, do not talk about people, either blaming, or praising, or comparing them."--Epictetus, Enchiridion
"A wise man does not chatter with one whose mind is sick."--Sophocles, The Women of Trachis
"Now I see that going out into the testing ground of men it is the tongue and not the deed that wins the day."--Sophocles, Philoctetes
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