Epictetus Quotes

When you have nothing to say, say nothing.

I'm of the opinion that it's okay to be silent, to not speak if you don't have anything to say.

Never rise to speak till you have something to say; and when you have said it, cease.

The well-ordered mind knows the value, no less than the charm, of reticence. The fruit of the tree of knowledge ... falls ripe from its stem; but those who have eaten with sobriety find no need to discuss the processes of digestion.

It is easier not to speak a word at all than to speak more words than we should.

Silence at the proper season is wisdom, and better than any speech.

Blessed is the man, who having nothing to say, abstains from giving wordy evidence of the fact.

Silence is true wisdom's best reply.

Men are born with two eyes, but with one tongue, in order that they should see twice as much as they say.

I shut up and keep my ears and eyes open.

Be sure your wisest words are those you do not say.

Let a fool hold his tongue and he will pass for a sage.

I will begin to speak when I have that to say which had not better be unsaid.

Never say more than is necessary.

When you have nothing to say, you don't talk.

Sometimes you usually know the point where to keep your mouth shut.

If I could go back in time and give Rookie C.J one piece of wisdom, it would be that sometimes less is more. Off the court, sometimes it's just better to shut up and be quiet.

Often silence is the wisest thing for a man to heed.

To be silent is sometimes an art, yet not so great a one as certain people would have us believe, who are wisest they are most silent.

Don't talk too much or too soon.

Learn taciturnity and let that be your motto!

I suppose that people, using themselves and each other so much by words, are at least consistent in attributing wisdom to a still tongue.

Why must you speak your thoughts? Silence, if fair words stick in your throat, would serve all our ends better.

If you keep your mouth shut you will never put your foot in it.

I am rather inclined to silence, and whether that be wise or not, it is at least more unusual now-a-days to find a man who can hold his tongue than to find one who cannot