Christian Nestell Bovee Quotes

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.

Half of seeming clever is keeping your mouth shut at the right times.

If it requires great tact to speak to the purpose, it requires no less to know when to be silent.

Silence is one great art of conversation. He is not a fool who knows when to hold his tongue; and a person may gain credit for sense, eloquence, wit, who merely says nothing to lessen the opinion which others have of these qualities in themselves.

Knowing when to keep your mouth shut is invariably more important than opening it at the right time.

Now the thing is not to get into unnecessary quarrels by talking too much and not to indicate any weakness by talking too much; let our actions speak for themselves.

The time comes upon every public man when it is best for him to keep his lips closed.

It's very important in life to know when to shut up. You should not be afraid of silence.

Sometimes you've got to keep your mouth shut.

Nothing is sometimes the right thing to say.

It is a great misfortune neither to have enough wit to talk well nor enough judgment to be silent.

Never miss an opportunity to just shut up.

Some things need to be left unsaid.

Sometimes you have to know when to shut the f - - up.

Wise is the man who says what needs to be said, but not all that could be said.

If you have nothing to say, say nothing.

Everything must not always be said, for that would be folly.

Why must you speak your thoughts? Silence, if fair words stick in your throat, would serve all our ends better.

If you keep your mouth shut you will never put your foot in it.

Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficult still, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.

He that would live in peace and at ease must not speak all he knows or all he sees.

It is more noble by silence to avoid an injury than by argument to overcome it.

One of the most beneficial things I've ever learned is how to keep my mouth shut.

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

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