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Ch 04 On The Advantages Of Silence Story 07

I heard a philosopher say that no one has ever made a confession of his own folly except he who begins speaking, whilst another has not yet finished his talk. Words have a head, O shrewd man, and a tail. Do not insert thy words between words of others. The possessor of deliberation, intelligence and shrewdness Does not say a word till he sees silence. THE GULISTAN OF SA'DI Translated by Richard Francis Burton (1821-1890)