“Silence is the virtue of a fool.”

“By Silence, the discretion of a man is known: and a fool, keeping Silence, seemeth to be wise.”

Pythagoras (-585–-495 BC) ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher

“A fool is known by his Speech; and a wise man by Silence.”

Pythagoras (-585–-495 BC) ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher

“It is Ill-manners to silence a Fool, and Cruelty to let him go on.”

George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax (1633–1695) English politician

“Choose silence of all virtues, for by it you hear other men's imperfections, and conceal your own.”

George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950) Irish playwright

“Silence is the only answer you should give to the fools. Where ignorance speaks, intelligence should not give advices.”

Benito Mussolini (1883–1945) Duce and President of the Council of Ministers of Italy. Leader of the National Fascist Party and subsequen…

“Silence,” it has been said by one writer, “is a virtue which renders us agreeable to our fellow-creatures.”

Samuel Butler (1835–1902) novelist

“Virtue is similar to silence. Simply, because we know what it is, but we can't fully explain it by using words.”

Mwanandeke Kindembo (1996) Congolese author

“1953. Learn the art of Silence; the wise Man that holds his Tongue, says more than the Fool who speaks.”

Thomas Fuller (writer) (1654–1734) British physician, preacher, and intellectual

“There can be no beauty if it is paid for by human injustice, nor truth that passes over injustice in silence, nor moral virtue that condones it.”

Tadeusz Borowski book This Way for the Gas, Ladies and Gentlemen