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G >SSIPS AND TALEBEARERS SET ON FIRE
SAG' nicht Alles das Du weist,
Glaub' nicht Alles das Du horest,
Thue nicht Alles das Du kannst,
Wisse nicht Alles das Du lisest.
MULTORUM conscii pauca loquuntur.
IN ira- nihil decentius quam cum adest silentium. PLUTARCH, de Cohib. Ir&.
VESTIGATORIBUS et venatoribus diurni nocturnique labores essent irriti, si non
silentio priusquam venabulis et impetu, feras interciperent,
Qui veut prendre oiseau, ne faut l'effaroucher.
Silence is the Sanctuary of Prudence.
CAROL. PASCHAL. Virt. et Vit. cap. 32.
\ RESOLVE loudly expressed was never yet much esteemed. He who declares his
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unfortunate.
A man is
speak
always in time to speak, but not to refrain from speaking. We should
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as we make a Will ; the fewer the words the less ground for law-suits. We
should accustom ourselves thereto in matters of little moment, so that we may not fail
to do so in affairs of importance. Whosoever is prompt to speak, is always upon the
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point of being conquered
and convinced.
OL A heart without a secret is an open letter. Where there is depth,
the secrets lie
deep ; for there must be great space, and a great vacuum, which will hold all that is
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Q thrown into it. Reserve derives from the great controul a man has over himself, and
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that is a real triumph. We pay tribute to all to whom we disclose our affairs. The ~
security of Prudence consists in interior moderation. The things we would do should
be kept to ourselves, and those which may be told may not be good to do.*
WE should hear and see, but thereby be silent. GEACIAN'S Maxims.
S'IL y a beaucoup d'art a parler, il n'y en a pas moins a se taire.
LA ROCHEFOUCAULD.
* It was said of POPE ALEXANDER VI. and of his Son the Due DE VALENTINOIS, that the father
never did what he said, and the son never said what he did.
ALL. THE HOUSES THEY ENTER.
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