“Either be silent or say something better than silence.”
Publilio Siro Latin writer
Maxim 960
Sentences, The Moral Sayings of Publius Syrus, a Roman Slave
“It is better wither to be silent, or to say things of more value than silence.”
As quoted in A Dictionary of Thoughts: Being a Cyclopedia of Laconic Quotations from the Best Authors of the World, both Ancient and Modern (1908) by Tyron Edwards, p. 525
Context: It is better wither to be silent, or to say things of more value than silence. Sooner throw a pearl at hazard than an idle or useless word; and do not say a little in many words, but a great deal in a few.
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Pythagorean Ethical Sentences
“If what one has to say is not better than silence, then one should keep silent.”
Confucius (-551–-479 BC) Chinese teacher, editor, politician, and philosopher
“Let thy speech be better than silence, or be silent.”
Dionysius I of Syracuse (-430–-367 BC) Sicilian tyrant
Frag. 6, as quoted in Handy-book of Literary Curiosities (1892) by William Shepard Walsh, p. 1009.
“Be silent or let thy words be worth more than silence.”
Pythagoras (-585–-495 BC) ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher
“Silence is better than unmeaning words.”
Pythagoras (-585–-495 BC) ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher
As quoted in Encyclopaedia Americana (1832) Vol. X, p. 445 edited by Francis Lieber, E. Wigglesworth, and Thomas Gamaliel Bradford
