
“Talk low, Talk slow, and Don't say too much.”
Variant: Talk low, talk slow and don't say too much.
Original: (pt) Quem fala demais dá "bom-dia" a cavalo!
“Talk low, Talk slow, and Don't say too much.”
Variant: Talk low, talk slow and don't say too much.
“But far more numerous was the herd of such,
Who think too little, and who talk too much.”
Pt. I, lines 532–533. Compare Matthew Prior, Upon a Passage in the Scaligerana, "They always talk who never think".
Source: Absalom and Achitophel (1681)
Nus ne puet estre trop parliers
Qui sovent tel chose ne die
Qui torné li est affolie,
Car li sages dit et retrait:
Qui trop parole, il se mesfait.
Source: Perceval or Le Conte du Graal, Line 1650.
“He who talks much cannot always talk well.”
Chi parla troppo non può parlar sempre bene.
I. 6.
Pamela (c. 1750)
"Too Much Attention" (song)
Song lyrics
Source: Gilbert O'Sullivan, "Too Much Attention" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DR47R4uWdDo (song on YouTube)
“There has to be a woman, but not much of a one. A good horse is much more important.”
On writing westerns
Attributed