Jean de la Bruyere Quotes

We rarely repent of speaking little, but often of speaking too much.

Don't talk too much or too soon.

If any man think it a small matter, or of mean concernment, to bridle his tongue, he is much mistaken; for it is a point to be silent when occasion requires, and better than to speak, though never so well.

Why did God give me two ears and one mouth? So that I will hear more and talk less.

I regret things all the time. I've never regretted not saying something. I've only regretted saying something.

I often regret that I have spoken; never that I have been silent.

Sometimes you can tell a wise person not only by what he says but also by what he doesn't say. Remember, it is much better to say little than to say too much and regret it later.

talking too much is a far greater social fault than talking too little.

You're almost always better off keeping your mouth shut, but don't let that stop you from popping off.

As she left my room I knew I should shut up. But you know when you should shut up because you really should just shut up...but you keep on and on anyway? Well, I had that.

Man's chiefest treasure is a sparing tongue.

Better the feet slip then the tongue.

We seldom repent of speaking little, very often of speaking too much: a vulgar and trite maxim, which all the world knows and, but which all the world does not practice

That's why I don't talk. Because I talk too much.

To many men well-fitting doors are not set on their tongues.

You should learn to say nothing that will cause you regret. You should not say what is not in your heart - or what is only in your heart for a moment. But you know this - silence is better.

Though we have two eyes, we are supplied with but one tongue. Draw your own moral.

A sparing tongue is the greatest treasure among men.

I have often repented of speech but hardly ever of silence.

He who does not know how to be silent will not know how to speak.

I'm pretty careful about the things I say ahead of time. I'm thoughtful about not going too far. The only thing you can do occasionally is be too much.

If we are silent when we should speak, we are not living the Discipline of silence. If we speak when we should be silent, we again miss the mark.

Many times in life I've regretted the things I've said without thinking. But I've never regretted the things I said nearly as much as the words I left unspoken.

Keep skid chains on your tongue. Say less than you think. Cultivate a pleasant voice. How you say it is often more important than what you say.

Teach your child to hold his tongue; he'll learn fast enough to speak.