Better to keep silence than to speak inappropriately

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Κρεῖττον σιωπᾶν ἐστιν ἢ λαλεῖν μάτην
“Better to keep silence than to speak inappropriately”
MENANDER (c. 342–291 BC), Monosticha or Sententiae, 290.

Menander comicusMenander, Greek dramatist from Athens, was the author of more than a hundred comedies. Until recently, all that was known of Menander were fragments and his moral maxims or monostichs, which were learned by Ancient Greek schoolboys.



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