I have often regretted having spoken, never having kept silent.
Original text (Latin)
Original text (Latin)
Conversation is the image of the mind; as the man, so is his speech.
Pardon one offence and you encourage the commission of many.
Blessed is the man who, having nothing to say, abstains from giving us wordy evidence of the fact.
Just at the age 'twixt boy and youth,
When thought is speech, and speech is truth.
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