Never miss a good chance to shut up.
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You should try not to talk so much, friend. You'll sound far less stupid that way.- Breeze
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Never complain, never explain. Resist the temptation to defend yourself or make excuses.
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Blessed is the man who, having nothing to say, abstains from giving us wordy evidence of the fact.
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The post on her left was occupied by Mr. Erskine of Treadley, an old gentleman of considerable charm and culture, who had fallen, however, into bad habits of silence, having, as he explained once to Lady Agatha, said everything that he had to say before he was thirty.
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There are many men in London, you know, who, some from shyness, some from misanthropy, have no wish for the company of their fellows. Yet they are not averse to comfortable chairs and the latest periodicals. It is for the convenience of these that the Diogenes Club was started, and it now contains the most unsociable and unclubbable men in town. No member is permitted to take the least notice of any other one. Save in the Stranger's Room, no talking is, under any circumstances, allowed, and three offenses, if brought to the notice of the committee, render the talker liable to expulsion. My brother was one of the founders, and I have myself found it a very soothing atmosphere.
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Silence does not always mark wisdom.
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If animals could speak, the dog would be a blundering outspoken fellow; but the cat would have the rare grace of never saying a word too much.
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Many times in life I've regretted the things I've said without thinking. But I've never regretted the things I said nearly as much as the words I left unspoken.
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Among my most prized possessions are words that I have never spoken.
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I remember manners, that's when people are scared to make other persons mad.
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