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Those who speak know nothing; Those who know are silent" These words, I am told, Were spoken by Lao-tzu.
-- P Chu-i (772-846) How is it then, the poem ends; that one who knew, wrote so much?...
Those who stand for nothing fall for anything. -- Alex Hamilton, "The Listener", 1978
Those who stare at the past have their backs turned to the future.
Those who suppress freedom always do so in the name of law and order. -- John Lindsay
Those who talk about the future are scoundrels. It is the present that matters.
Those who talk don't know. Those who don't talk, know.
Those who tell all they know cause little or no trouble.
Only those who tell more than they know are troublemakers....
Those who think it's tough to make a living as a writer of fiction have obviously never cheated on their income tax.
Those who think that two plus two equals four have not recently been to a real lumberyard and tried to purchase a two by four.
Those who think they know everything are very annoying to those of us who feel that we know everything, especially when we discover that everything they know and everything we know does not match.

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