Christian Slater Quotes

Be sure your wisest words are those you do not say.

Silence and reserve will give anyone a reputation for wisdom.

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

He that hath knowledge spareth his words.

Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.

Let your accusations be few in number, even if they be just.

Sometimes you usually know the point where to keep your mouth shut.

The wise hand does not all the tongue dictates.

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.

You must be wise, but not too wise.

It's a wise thing to hold back.

Blessed is the man, who having nothing to say, abstains from giving wordy evidence of the fact.

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

The people sensible enough to give good advice are usually sensible enough to give none.

We still need a voice that thinks before it speaks.

There is often, in the affairs of government, more efficiency and wisdom in non-action than in action.

Grant us a brief delay; impulse in everything is but a worthless servant.

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

Perfect reason flees all extremity, and leads one to be wise with sobriety.

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

Before we acquire great power we must acquire wisdom to use it well

A man of virtue, judgment, and prudence speaks not until there is silence.

Zeal should not outrun discretion.

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