Carlos Ruiz Zafon Quotes

Silence is the virtue of fools.

The wise man knows when to keep silent. Only the fool tells all he knows.

A wise man may be duped as well as a fool; but the fool publishes the triumph of his deceiver; the wise man is silent, and denies that triumph to an enemy which he would hardly concede to a friend; a triumph that proclaims his own defeat.

The man who knows when not to act is wise. To my mind bravery if forethought.

Nothing is more like a wise man than a fool who holds his tongue.

It is a wise man who knows where courage ends and stupidity begins.

Silence at the proper season is wisdom, and better than any speech.

Silence is foolish if we are wise, but wise if we are foolish.

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

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

I will talk and act, not on my knees, but with prudence.

To act coolly, intelligently and prudently in perilous circumstances is the test of a man - and also a nation.

If the impulse to daring and bravery is too fierce and violent, stay it with guidance and instruction.

Wisdom is the reward you get for a lifetime of listening when you'd have preferred to talk.

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

I am trying to do two things: dare to be a radical and not a fool, which is a matter of no small difficulty.

It is the part of a fool to give advice to others and not himself to be on his guard.

Let a fool hold his tongue and he will pass for a sage.

A fool without fear is sometimes wiser than an angel without fear.

Be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath.

Think a lot, say little, and write nothing.

An old warrior is never in haste to strike the blow.

… to escape censure a man must pass his whole life without saying or doing one ill or foolish thing.

There are limits beyond which your folly will not carry you.