Charles Caleb Colton Quotes About Silence
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Silence is foolish if we are wise, but wise if we are foolish.
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A man's profundity may keep him from opening on a first interview, and his caution on a second; but I should suspect his emptiness, if he carried on his reserve to a third.
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Silence is less injurious than a weak reply.
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Constant success shows us but one side of the world. For as it surrounds us with friends who will tell us only our merits, so it silences those enemies from whom alone we can learn our defects.
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When you have nothing to say, say nothing.
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When you have nothing to say, say nothing; a weak defense strengthens your opponent, and silence is less injurious than a bad reply.
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