Chaim Potok Quotes

Men are born with two eyes, but with one tongue, in order that they should see twice as much as they say.

Silence is worth a thousand pieces of silver.

I suppose that people, using themselves and each other so much by words, are at least consistent in attributing wisdom to a still tongue.

Silence is not always a sign of wisdom, but babbling is ever a mark of folly.

It ain't a bad plan to keep still occasionally even when you know what you're talking about.

It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt.

He that hath knowledge spareth his words.

You can't know too much, but you can say too much.

You know, I have found out in the course of a long public life that the things I did not say never hurt me.

Well-timed silence hath more eloquence than speech.

I often regret that I have spoken; never that I have been silent.

I have noticed that nothing that I never said ever did me any harm.

Let thy speech be better than silence, or be silent.

There is a better thing than the great man who is always speaking, and that is the great man who only speaks when he has a great word to say.

Tis better to sit there and look the fool, than to open your mouth and prove it.

We must ask ourselves how many times others would benefit more from our silence than from our words.

For one word a man is often deemed to be wise, and for one word he is often deemed to be foolish. We should be careful indeed what we say.

Better the feet slip then the tongue.

Little said is soon amended.

He that speakes sowes, and he that holds his peace, gathers.

You'll regret opening your mouth. You'll rarely regret keeping it shut.

Words are the counters of wise men, but the money of fools.

Speech is great, but silence is greater.

Every word has consequences. Every silence, too.

Qui plussait, plus se tait. French, you know. The more a man knows, the less he talks.