“Silence is the virtue of a fool.”
Francis Bacon book The Advancement of Learning
Book VI, xxxi
The Advancement of Learning (1605)
“Silence is the wit of fools, and one of the virtues of the wise.”
Le silence est l'esprit des sots<br>Et l'une des vertus du sage. <br class="br">Bernard de Bonnard, "Le Silence," http://books.google.com/books?id=9gAvAAAAMAAJ&pg=PR14&dq=%22Et+l%27une+des+vertus+du+sage%22+Bonnard&ei=iyzvR-bFOIa4zASV0PyoBQ#PPA244,M1 L'Almanach des Muses (1776) <br class="br">Misattributed
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