Burrs Quote by Ron Chernow

Silence, when nothing need be said, is the eloquence of discretion.

— Christian Nestell Bovee

Prudent is he who can keep silent that part of truth which may be untimely, and by not speaking it, does not spoil the…

— Pope John XXIII

A man of virtue, judgment, and prudence speaks not until there is silence.

— Saadi

I like better for one to say some foolish thing upon important matters than to be silent. That becomes the subject of discussion and…

— Denis Diderot

Silence is one great art of conversation. He is not a fool who knows when to hold his tongue; and a person may gain…

— William Hazlitt

A person that would secure to himself great deference will, perhaps, gain his point by silence as effectually as by anything he can say.

— William Shenstone

Discretion of speech is more than eloquence, and to speak agreeably to him with whom we deal is more than to speak in good…

— Francis Bacon

“is often better to remain silent and to be thought incompetent rather than reveal yourself through action to be incompetent?”

— J.L. Langland

Sometimes people confuse silence as wisdom when in fact it is compromise.

— Tariq Ramadan

Silence is Wisdom where Speaking is Folly.

— William Penn

“I must say that, beyond occasionally exposing me to laughter, my constitutional shyness has been no dis-advantage whatever. In fact I can see that,…

— Gandhi

“The person who judges you without getting to know you has revealed nothing about you but exposes everything about himself to the world. The…

— Crystal Evans