“Staying silent, staying away from him… that was the hardest thing I've ever done.”
Rick Riordan book The Last Olympian
Source: The Last Olympian
“Time will come when one's safety lies in ten things: nine of which are in staying aloof from men, and the tenth in staying silent.”
Ibn Shu’ba al-Harrani, Tuhaf al-'Uqul, p. 446-450.
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Source: Equal Rites
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