Think not silence the wisdom of fools; but, if rightly timed, the hono…

Thomas Browne
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Think not silence the wisdom of fools; but, if rightly timed, the honor of wise men, who have not the infirmity, but the virtue of taciturnity. ✨ Sir Thomas Browne (1852). The Works of Sir Thomas Browne: Urn-burial, Christian morals, Miscellanies, Correspondence, etc, p.135
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Think not silence the wisdom of fools; but, if rightly timed, the honor of wise men, who have not the infirmity, but the virtue of taciturnity. ✨ Sir Thomas Browne (1852). The Works of Sir Thomas Browne: Urn-burial, Christian morals, Miscellanies, Correspondence, etc, p.135

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