“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
“If what one has to say is not better than silence, then one should keep silent.”
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Chinese teacher, editor, politician, and philosopher -551–-479 BCRelated quotes
“It is better wither to be silent, or to say things of more value than silence.”
Pythagoras (-585–-495 BC) ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher
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.
Stobaeus Ancient Greek anthologist
36
Pythagorean Ethical Sentences
“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.
“Keep your secrets
Keep your silence
It is a better gift than truth”
Anne Rice book The Queen of the Damned
Source: The Queen of the Damned
“It is not easy to keep silent when silence is a lie.”
Victor Hugo (1802–1885) French poet, novelist, and dramatist
G. I. Gurdjieff (1866–1949) influential spiritual teacher, Armenian philosopher, composer and writer
In Search of the Miraculous (1949)
Context: A man can keep silence in such a ways that no one will even notice it. The whole point is that we say a good deal too much. If we limited ourselves to what is actually necessary, this alone would be keeping the silence. And it is the same with everything else, with food, with pleasures, with sleep; with everything there is a limit to what is necessary. After this "sin" begins. This is something that must be grasped, a "sin" is something which is not necessary.
Kuba Wojewódzki (1963) Polish journalist
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To Idol contestants
“Consciences keep silence more often than they should, that's why laws were created.”
José Saramago book All the Names
The Registrar
All the Names (1997)