Silence is learned by the many misfortunes of life.
Tacere multis discitur vitæ malis.
Original text (Latin)
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To sin by silence, when we should protest,
Makes cowards out of men.
Blessed is the man who, having nothing to say, abstains from giving us wordy evidence of the fact.
There are times when good words are to be left unsaid out of esteem for silence.
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