“Nothing strengthens authority so much as silence.”
Leonardo Da Vinci (1452–1519) Italian Renaissance polymath
“"Nothing," wrote General de Gaulle, "strengthens authority so much as silence." Speech dilutes thought; it allows one's courage to leak away - in short, it dissipates the concentration that is required.”
Un Art de Vivre (The Art of Living) (1939), The Art of Leadership
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