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minus-square𝕸𝖔𝖘𝖘@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up43arrow-down1·1 year 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-up46·1 year ago“…than to open your mouth and remove all doubt”
minus-square𝕸𝖔𝖘𝖘@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·1 year agoThat’s it! Do you remember who said it?
minus-squarePothetato@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up13·1 year agoPretty sure it was Mark Confucious Twain Switzer…Jr.
minus-squareironhydroxide@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-21 year agoPothetato said it
minus-squareSupervisor194@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·edit-21 year agoSadly, the author isn’t actually known.
minus-squareantoine@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 year 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-up1·1 year agoSo Mark Twain then, since he said everything. Or Shakespeare.
minus-square𝕸𝖔𝖘𝖘@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoVery interesting! Thanks for sharing!
minus-squarera1d3n@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 year agoThe Romans, google this: si tacuisses, philosophus mansisses.
minus-squareWhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 year agoWilson, Tim Taylor’s neighbour.
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!
The Romans, google this: si tacuisses, philosophus mansisses.
Wilson, Tim Taylor’s neighbour.
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