He knows not how to speak who cannot be silent...Loudness is impotence.
-- Johann Kaspar Lavater (1741-1801) "Aphorisms on Man" (c.1788)
-- Johann Kaspar Lavater (1741-1801) "Aphorisms on Man" (c.1788)
Related:
- Who makes quick use of the moment, is a genius of prudence.
Johann Kaspar... - He knows not when to be silent who knows not when to speak.
Publius Syrus (42 BC) -- Maxim... - He is nearest to the gods who knows how to be silent.
Marcus Porcius Cato (234-149 BC),... - He is nearest to the gods who knows how to be silent.
Marcus Porcius Cato, (234-149 BC), Roman... - Sometimes it is said that man cannot be trusted with the government
of himself.
Can he, then, be trusted with the government of others... - He who when called upon to speak a disagreeable truth,
tells it boldly and has done, is both bolder and milder... - He who knows how to be poor knows everything. --
Jules Michelet (1798...
