Quote of Pindar - Silence is often the truest wisdom....
Biography - Pindar:
Ancient Greek lyric poet. (*Approximate years of birth and death).
Born: -552 - Died: -438
Period:
5th century BC
6th century BC
Place of birth: Greece
Born: -552 - Died: -438
Period:
5th century BC
6th century BC
Place of birth: Greece
Silence is often the truest wisdom.
Note
Other version: “Often is man's best wisdom to be silent.”
Translation
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Quotes about wisdom:
This is the highest wisdom that I own; freedom and life are earned by those alone who conquer them each day anew.
Quotes about silence:
What can be said at all can be said clearly, and what we cannot talk about we must pass over in silence.
Pindar also said...
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