If what one has to say is not better than silence, then one should keep silent.


Confucius

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Be silent, or say something better than silence
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It is not easy to keep silent when silence is a lie.
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Silent? ah, he is silent! He can keep silence well. That man's silence is wonderful to listen to.
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ONE
Let thy speech be better than silence, or be silent.
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What one hopes for is always better than what one has
ETHIOPIAN PROVERB
Who are you? A noise or a melody? Or may be you are a silence! If you are a silence, then you will b...
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The real power of silence is to keep silent. The real power of silence is in the works of silence!
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For what is a man, what has he got? If not himself, then he has naught. To say the things he truly f...
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It is better wither to be silent, or to say things of more value than silence. Sooner throw a pearl ...
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The next generation has always been and will be better than the previous one. If it is not, then the...
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Keep your secrets
Keep your silence
It is a better gift than truth
ANNE RICE
Better is one Accipe, then twice to say, Dabo tibi.
GEORGE HERBERT
Too often the strong, silent man is silent only because he does not know what to say, and is reputed...
SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL
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He has not said what his role was. If he is responsible then he should be booked, and the sooner the...
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You should be afraid of a silent dog rather than a barking one.
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One keep - clean is better than ten make - cleans
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If one does not fail at times, then one has not challenged himself.
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If one does not fail at times, then one has not challenged himself.
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Only question one should ask is "am I better than yesterday?"
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If one truly has lost hope, one would not be on hand to say so.
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You don't know, oh, oh
You don't know you're beautiful.
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Love yourself and your expression, you can't go wrong.
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We get rated down by homeowners associations because we have no slums.
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You know I'll be
Your Life
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My Love
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Get every drop in there. Can't lose none,
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big, medium and small.
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Why did the mushroom go to the party?
Because he's a fungi!
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Remember, it's better to be a has-been than a never-was.
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One learns in life to keep silent and draw one's own confusions.
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That it is better that 100 guilty persons should escape than that one innocent person should suffer,...
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No one can keep a secret better than a child.
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One should use praise to recognize what one is not.
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[If something better] is out there, then we'll keep them, ... If not, let's scrap it.
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To hear, one must be silent
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And now am I, if a man should speak truly, little better than one of the wicked.
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Never say one car is better than another until you have driven both.
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Better remain silent, better not even think, if you are not prepared to act.
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To see what is right and not to do it, is want of courage. -Confucius Analects.
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What thief does not fight to hold what he has?"

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Silence is better than unmeaning words.
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You'll never get anywhere if you go about what-iffing like that.
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Sometimes stunned silence is better than applause.
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If you want to build a better INDIA, then do one thing "build yourself better".
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If I ever reach heaven I expect to find three wonders there: first, to meet some I had not thought t...
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To be able under all circumstances to practice five things constitutes perfect virtue; these five ...
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There is the love of knowing without the love of learning; the beclouding here leads to dissipation...
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Learning without thought is labor lost; thought without learning is perilous.
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