4 Quotes by Plutarch about silence
- Author Plutarch
-
Quote
Silence at the proper season is wisdom, and better than any speech.
- Tags
- Share
- Author Plutarch
-
Quote
When someone blamed Hecataeus the sophist because that, being invited to the public table, he had not spoken one word all supper-time, Archidamidas answered in his vindication 'He who knows how to speak, knows also when'.
- Tags
- Share
- Author Plutarch
-
Quote
It is wise to be silent when occasion requires, and better than to speak, though never so well.
- Tags
- Share
- Author Plutarch
-
Quote
Remember what Simonides said, that he never repented that he had held his tongue, but often that he had spoken.
- Tags
- Share