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#1

“Never complain, never explain. Resist the temptation to defend yourself or make excuses.”
― Brian Tracy

tags: be-yourself, life, remaining-silent, reticence, wisdom

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#2

“I don't think..." then you shouldn't talk, said the Hatter.”
― Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland

tags: mad-hatter, remaining-silent, reticence, silence

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#3

“silence is the language of god,
all else is poor translation.”
― Rumi

tags: language, power-of-words, remaining-silent

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#4

“It is better to remain silent at the risk of being thought a fool, than to talk and remove all doubt of it.”
― Maurice Switzer, Mrs. Goose, Her Book

tags: misattributed-to-abraham-lincoln, misattributed-to-mark-twain, remaining-silent, wisdom

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#5

“Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret.”
― Ambrose Bierce

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#6

“Seeing her sitting there unresponsive makes me realize that silence has a sound.”
― Jodi Picoult, My Sister's Keeper

tags: remaining-silent, silence

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#7

“Silence is only frightening to people who are compulsively verbalizing.”
― William S. Burroughs, The Job: Interviews with William S. Burroughs

tags: introspection, loquacity, remaining-silent, reticence, silence

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#8

“You should try not to talk so much, friend. You'll sound far less stupid that way.

- Breeze”
― Brandon Sanderson, Mistborn: The Final Empire

tags: humor, remaining-silent, reticence

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#9

“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.”
― Lisa Kleypas, Sugar Daddy

tags: communication, remaining-silent, reticence

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#10

“Blessed is the man who, having nothing to say, abstains from giving us wordy evidence of the fact.”
― George Eliot, Impressions of Theophrastus Such

tags: loquacity, remaining-silent, silence

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#11

“Never tell your problems to anyone...20% don't care and the other 80% are glad you have them.”
― Lou Holtz

tags: advice-for-daily-living, complaining, remaining-silent

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#12

“The right word may be effective, but no word was ever as effective as a rightly timed pause.”
― Mark Twain

tags: remaining-silent, reticence

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#13

“Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficult still, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.”
― Benjamin Franklin

tags: remaining-silent, speaking, tact

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#14

“Among my most prized possessions are words that I have never spoken.”
― Orson Scott Card

tags: remaining-silent, restraint, reticence, words

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#15

“Speak only if it improves upon the silence.”
― Mahatma Gandhi

tags: remaining-silent

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#16

“It is always assumed by the empty-headed, who chatter about themselves for want of something better, that people who do not discuss their affairs openly must have something to hide.”
― Honoré de Balzac, Père Goriot

tags: gossip, psychology, remaining-silent, reticence, silence

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#17

“If I were to remain silent, I'd be guilty of complicity.”
― Albert Einstein

tags: acquiescence, activism, consent, dissent, duty, protest, remaining-silent

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#18

“Silence does not always mark wisdom.”
― Samuel Taylor Coleridge

tags: remaining-silent, reticence, wisdom

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#19

“You know about fixing cars, you're athletic, and you know when to shut up."
"That last one isn't a skill."
"Honey, trust me. It's a skill.”
― Simone Elkeles , Rules of Attraction

tags: remaining-silent, rules-of-attraction, skills, tuck

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#20

“Never say anything that doesn't improve on silence.”
― Richard Yates, A Good School

tags: remaining-silent, silence

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#21

“Always have something to say. The man who has something to say and who is known never to speak unless he has, is sure to be listened to.”
― Dale Carnegie

tags: advice-for-daily-living, remaining-silent

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#22

“Fine clothes may disguise, but silly words will disclose a fool”
― Aesop, Aesop's Fables

tags: fashion, remaining-silent

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#23

“There is nothing harder, at moments, than talking to someone who has all the power of silence.”
― Elizabeth Kostova

tags: remaining-silent

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#24

“You can quicker get back a million dollars that was stolen than a word that you gave away.”
― Arthur Miller, A View from the Bridge: A Play in Two Acts

tags: remaining-silent

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#25

“in times like the present, men should utter nothing for which they would not willingly be responsible through time and eternity.”
― Abraham Lincoln

tags: ignorance, knowledge, remaining-silent, wisdom

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#26

“What's the use of complaining about something you have no intentions of changing it?”
― Mario L Castellanos

tags: advice-for-daily-living, complaining, humor, life, philosophy, politics, relationships, remaining-silent

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#27

“Will people not be thrown face down into Hell only on account of the harvest of their tongue?”
― Prophet Muhammad pbuh

tags: remaining-silent, silence

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#28

“What's the use of complaining about something you have no intentions of changing?”
― Mario L Castellanos

tags: advice-for-daily-living, complaining, humor, life, philosophy, politics, relationships, remaining-silent

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