Gulistan of Saadi
On the Advantages of Silence
Story 7
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.
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