Novalis Quotes

I think it's funny to be delicate with subjects that are explosive.

I don't have to tell you it goes without saying there are some things better left unsaid. I think that speaks for itself. The less said about it the better.

Look wise, say nothing, and grunt. Speech was given to conceal thought.

It is well for one to know more than he says.

There's a real wisdom to not saying a thing.

Silence and tact may or may not be the same thing.

Silence and reserve will give anyone a reputation for wisdom.

An Englishman's never so natural as when he's holding his tongue.

Not every truth is the better for showing its face undisguised; and often silence is the wisest thing for a man to heed.

The finest command of language is often shown by saying nothing.

For some of us, the less said about the way we do things the better.

Be discreet in all things, and so render it unnecessary to be mysterious.

Talk low, talk slow and don't say too much.

I know things but I shut my mouth.

He learned too much and too early that victory goes to the discreet, that one does not speak one's opinion, that ideally one does not even develop one's opinion.

Sometimes you've got to keep your mouth shut.

Too great a display of delicacy can and does sometimes infringe upon de-cency.

Never miss an opportunity to keep your damn mouth shut.

Tact is the ability to make a person see lightning without letting him feel the bolt.

It is but a small merit to observe silence, but it is a grave fault to speak of matters on which we should be silent.

Some things need to be left unsaid.

I don't get nearly enough credit in life for the things I manage not to say.

Sometimes you have to avoid mentioning things because people's feelings are tender.

Have more than you show, Speak less than you know.

I have tales to tell, but I don't tell them. Discretion. Discretion.