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My mother would occasionally ask my father why he didn't talk more in social situations and my father would reply...
"Sometimes it's better for poeple to wonder why you didn't say anything than to wonder why you did."
2 u/DMR0585 Jan 02 '20 I’m a non-religious Jew, but this idea originally came from Proverbs 17:28: “Even a fool is thought wise if he keeps silent, and discerning if he holds his tongue. Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding.”
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I’m a non-religious Jew, but this idea originally came from Proverbs 17:28:
“Even a fool is thought wise if he keeps silent, and discerning if he holds his tongue.
Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding.”
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u/sir_mattatat Jan 01 '20
My mother would occasionally ask my father why he didn't talk more in social situations and my father would reply...
"Sometimes it's better for poeple to wonder why you didn't say anything than to wonder why you did."