“Let a fool hold his tongue and he will pass for a sage.”
Taciturnitas stulto homini pro sapientia est.
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“When Demaratus was asked whether he held his tongue because he was a fool or for want of words, he replied, "A fool cannot hold his tongue."”
— Plutarch
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