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Russian Proverb
The wise man has long ears, big eyes and a short tongue.
Persian Proverb
Whatever is in the heart will come up to the tongue.
More have repented of speech than silence.
The tongue wounds more than a lance.
Silence is the best reply to the ignorant.
Chinese Proverb
Good words are like a string of pearls.
A vacant mind is open to all suggestions as a hollow building echoes all sounds.
Better be silent than speak ill.
Better say nothing than nothing to the purpose.
Those who know much speak little; those who speak much know little.
Arabian Proverb
The crying cat catches nothing.
Italian Proverb
The cask can only yield the wine it contains.
Greek Proverb
We have two ears and one mouth that we may listen the more and talk the less.
Spanish Proverb
Wit without discretion is a sword in the hand of a fool.
Shakespeare
A flow of words is no proof of wisdom.
He who says what he likes, must hear what he does not like.
Be checked for silence, but never taxed for speech.
Give every man thine ear, but few thy voice.
The empty vessel makes the greatest sound.
Confucius
Words are the voice of the heart.
Swift
Talking comes by nature, silence by wisdom.
The chameleon, who is said to feed upon nothing but air, has of all animals the nimblest tongue.
M. Tupper
The tongue talks at the head's cost.
Thistles and thorns prick sore, but evil tongues prick more.
Silence is an excellent remedy against slander.
Silence seldom doth harm.
the cause of good be wise, and in a case indifferent, keep silence.
Eccl.
A great talker is a great liar.
He who would close another man's mouth should first tie up his
own.
He that can rule his tongue shall live without strife.
Pope
Words are like leaves; and where they most abound, much fruit of sense beneath is rarely found.
Bible
A fool's voice is known by a multitude of words.
Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise.
Seeth thou a man that is hasty in his words? There is more hope of
a fool than of him.
Who knows most says least.
Great boaster, little doer.
A wholesome tongue is a tree of life; but perverseness therein is
a breach in the spirit.
A soft answer turneth away wrath, but grievous words stir up
anger.
The fool shineth no longer than he holdeth his tongue.
The tongue can no man tame; it is a restless evil --- full of
deadly poison.
No man ever repented of having held his tongue.
The tongue is not steel --- yet it cuts.
How oftentimes is silence the wiseth of replies.
Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue, keepeth his soul from
troubles.
Good silence is near holiness.
A slip of the foot may be soon recovered, but that of the tongue
perhaps never.
There is that speaketh rashly like the piercing of a sword; but
tongue of the wise is health.
Take each man's censure, but reserve thy judgment.
He that hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief.
A silent man's words are not brought into court.
He knows much who knows how to hold his tongue.
A fair face will get its praise, though the owner keep silent.
The tongue of the righteous is as choice silver.
In the company of strangers silence is safe.
The froward tongue shall be cut out.
We ought either to be silent or to speak things that are better than silence.
The worst wheel of a cart creaks most.
Silence is less injurious than a bad reply.
There is a knack of showing we understand the matter, when we hold our peace.
Let thy speech be short, comprehending much in few words; be as one that knoweth and yet holdeth his tongue.
One man may teach another to speak; but none can teach another to hold his peace.
Neither speak well nor ill of yourself. If well, men will not believe you; if ill, they will believe a great deal more than you say.
When insolence provoketh, when slander false accuseth, when ignorance and prejudice are full of idle talk, let silence be the answer on thy lip and in thy life.
A man of silence is a man of sense.
If you don't say it, you'll not have to unsay it.
He talks much who has least to say.
A tame tongue is a rare bird.
Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou be like unto him.
Nils
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