“silence makes you wise, among the noisemakers”
Source: Sweetest song I know
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Josephs Quartzy 15
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“Silence is an answer in the eyes of the wise.”
Unidentified Plays, Fragment 977
Variant translation: Silence is true wisdom's best reply. (See Discussion page for sourcing information)
“By Silence, the discretion of a man is known: and a fool, keeping Silence, seemeth to be wise.”
The Sayings of the Wise (1555)
“Silence is the wit of fools, and one of the virtues of the wise.”
Le silence est l'esprit des sots
Et l'une des vertus du sage.
Bernard de Bonnard, "Le Silence," http://books.google.com/books?id=9gAvAAAAMAAJ&pg=PR14&dq=%22Et+l%27une+des+vertus+du+sage%22+Bonnard&ei=iyzvR-bFOIa4zASV0PyoBQ#PPA244,M1 L'Almanach des Muses (1776)
Misattributed
“A fool is known by his Speech; and a wise man by Silence.”
The Sayings of the Wise (1555)
“Euripides was wont to say, "Silence is an answer to a wise man."”
Of Bashfulness
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
Majlisi, Bihārul Anwār, vol.78, p. 355.
Regarding Knowledge & Wisdom, General
“Ah, but I’m wise,” Athena said. “Wise enough to make you do it instead.”
Source: Percy Jackson's Greek Gods