“Here profits not
To tell the whole truth with clear face unveiled.
Often is man's best wisdom to be silent.”

— Pindar

οὔ τοι ἅπασα κερδίων
φαίνοισα πρόσωπον ἀλάθει᾽ ἀτρεκής·
καὶ τὸ σιγᾶν πολλάκις ἐστὶ σοφώτατον ἀνθρώπῳ νοῆσαι.
Nemean 5, line 16-8; page 222. (483 BC?)

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οὔ τοι ἅπασα κερδίων<br/>φαίνοισα πρόσωπον ἀλάθει᾽ ἀτρεκής·<br/>καὶ τὸ σιγᾶν πολλάκις ἐστὶ σοφώτατον ἀνθρώπῳ νοῆσαι.

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Ancient Greek poet -517–-437 BC

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