Fool Quote by Plutarch

A fool cannot hold his tongue.

— Plutarch

“What is the good of being ready with the tongue? They who encounter men with smartnesses of speech for the most part procure themselves…

— Confucius

“Even a fool is counted wise when he holds his tongue”

— Anonymous

Even a fool is thought wise if he keeps silent, and discerning if he holds his tongue

— Bible

Whoever does not hold his tongue cannot understand his deen.

— Hasan of Basra

Remember what Simonides said, that he never repented that he had held his tongue, but often that he had spoken.

— Plutarch

“His mouth would have given despair to even the drollest of fools; it was a mouth made for frowns and scowls and sharply worded…

— George R.R. Martin

A fool becomes wise only when he shuts his mouth.

— Anonymous

If any man think it a small matter, or of mean concernment, to bridle his tongue, he is much mistaken; for it is a…

— Plutarch

He missed an invaluable opportunity to hold his tongue.

— Andrew Lang

He who permits himself to tell a lie once, finds it much easier to do it a second and third time, till at length…

— Thomas Jefferson

“When he talked, there was a sort of mushy sound to his pronunciation that was charming because one sensed that it betrayed not so…

— Marcel Proust