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minus-square𝕸𝖔𝖘𝖘@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up43·2 years agoHow does that quote go? Better to keep your mouth shut and be thought a fool, than open your mouth and be confirmed one. Something like that. Anyway, it applies here.
minus-squarePothetato@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up46·2 years ago“…than to open your mouth and remove all doubt”
minus-square𝕸𝖔𝖘𝖘@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 years agoThat’s it! Do you remember who said it?
minus-squarePothetato@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up13·2 years agoPretty sure it was Mark Confucious Twain Switzer…Jr.
minus-squareironhydroxide@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-22 years agoPothetato said it
minus-squareSupervisor194@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·edit-22 years agoSadly, the author isn’t actually known.
minus-squareantoine@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up6·2 years ago‘Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding.’
minus-squareEcho Dot@feddit.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoSo Mark Twain then, since he said everything. Or Shakespeare.
minus-square𝕸𝖔𝖘𝖘@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoVery interesting! Thanks for sharing!
minus-squareWhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 years agoWilson, Tim Taylor’s neighbour.
minus-squarera1d3n@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 years agoThe Romans, google this: si tacuisses, philosophus mansisses.
How does that quote go? Better to keep your mouth shut and be thought a fool, than open your mouth and be confirmed one. Something like that. Anyway, it applies here.
“…than to open your mouth and remove all doubt”
That’s it! Do you remember who said it?
Albert Abraham Einstein Lincoln.
Pretty sure it was Mark Confucious Twain Switzer…Jr.
Pothetato said it
It wasn’t Sr?
Sadly, the author isn’t actually known.
‘Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding.’
So Mark Twain then, since he said everything.
Or Shakespeare.
Very interesting! Thanks for sharing!
Wilson, Tim Taylor’s neighbour.
The Romans, google this: si tacuisses, philosophus mansisses.
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