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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
Greece

Silence is often the truest wisdom.


Note 

Note



Other version: “Often is man's best wisdom to be silent.”




Translation

Translation

(French, German)



French
Le silence est souvent la plus haute sagesse de l'homme.

German
Das Schweigen ist oft das Weiseste.




See also 

See also...



Silence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom.

Silence is the sanctuary of prudence.

Silence is the great revelation.




Quotes for: wisdom


Quotes

Quotes about wisdom:


Patience is the companion of wisdom.





All things excellent are as difficult as they are rare.





To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.





Wisdom leads us back to childhood.





This is the highest wisdom that I own; freedom and life are earned by those alone who conquer them each day anew.





The most certain sign of wisdom is cheerfulness.











Quotes for: silence


Quotes

Quotes about silence:


Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent.





What can be said at all can be said clearly, and what we cannot talk about we must pass over in silence.





If you have words stronger than silence, speak. If you do not have them, then remain silent.





It is a brief refusal when the wise man meets a request with silence.





The rest is silence.





In time of war the laws are silent.











Quotes

Pindar also said...


Become such as you are, having learned what that is.





War is sweet to those who have no experience of it,
but the experienced man trembles exceedingly at heart on its approach.

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Every gift which is given, even though is be small, is in reality great, if it is given with affection.





Not every truth is the better for showing its face undisguised and often silence is the wisest thing for a man to heed.





Men are the dreams of a shadow.
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Even wisdom has to yield to self-interest.












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