Benito Mussolini Quotes

Silence is the best answer to a fool.

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

Don't speak to fools, they scorn the wisdom of your words.

Silence is the virtue of fools.

Wise men don't need advice. Fools won't take it.

Fools give you reasons, wise men never try.

The fool is not the man who merely does foolish things. The fool is the man who does not know enough to cash in on his foolishness.

A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones that need the advice.

He's a fool who cannot conceal his wisdom.

Fools multiply when wise men are silent.

Nothing is more characteristic of a man than the manner in which he behaves toward fools.

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

Nothing is ever quiet, except for fools.

Fools need advice most, but wise men only are the better for it.

Answer not a fool according to his folly,lest thou also be like unto him.

Have you ever heard the phrase, it is better to keep your mouth closed and have people wonder if you are stupid than open it and remove all doubt? (Hakim al Harbi)

When Demaratus was asked whether he held his tongue because he was a fool or for want of words, he replied, "A fool cannot hold his tongue.

I have often heard, that it is safer to hear and to take counsel, than to give it.

There is small disproportion betwixt a fool who useth not wit because he hath it not and him that useth it not when it should avail him.

Well, God give them wisdom that have it; and those that are fools, let them use their talents.

If you are an ignorant man, you are acting wisely; but if you have had any education, you are behaving like a fool.

Only fools need suffer to learn.

Be wise among the wise, but pretend to be dull among fools.

A fool cannot hold his tongue.