![]() ![]() Francis of Assisi: “Preach the Gospel at all times–and if necessary, use words.” Apparently he never said it. ![]() In my line of work (I help pastors develop sermons) I hear the following statement attributed to St. Dont say anything online that you wouldnt want plastered on a billboard with your face on it. I dont feel that I have anything to say beyond moral truisms. Mother Teresa, you could say many things about her, but certainly you would not say she was macho. The Chicago Daily Tribune, May 10, 1923, printed, “It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to talk and remove all doubts,” as a submission by reader Benedict J. Say Anything quotes and captions plus a big list of quotations about say anything. “Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.”Īttributed to Abraham Lincoln in Golden Book, Nov. The Yale Book of Quotations has the following entry: Sooner throw a pearl at hazard than an idle or useless word and do not say a. “Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.” – Abe Lincoln It is better either to be silent or to say things of more value than silence. I’m back to inviting readers to submit quotations whose origins they want me to try to trace, using my book, The Yale Book of Quotations, and my more recent research. On the origin of the quote 'Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak and to remove all doubt,' which has been wrongly attributed to both to Abraham. Thomas Lynch Say not in grief he is no more but live in thankfulness that he was.
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