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[–] Pothetato 46 points 8 months ago (1 children)

"...than to open your mouth and remove all doubt"

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago (5 children)

That's it! Do you remember who said it?

[–] Donkter 26 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Albert Abraham Einstein Lincoln.

[–] Pothetato 13 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Pretty sure it was Mark Confucious Twain Switzer....Jr.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Pothetato said it

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[–] Supervisor194 6 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (3 children)
[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago

‘Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding.’

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

Very interesting! Thanks for sharing!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

So Mark Twain then, since he said everything.

Or Shakespeare.

[–] WhiskyTangoFoxtrot 5 points 8 months ago

Wilson, Tim Taylor's neighbour.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago

The Romans, google this: si tacuisses, philosophus mansisses.