Restraint Quotes

"Diplomacy: the art of restraining power" "Elegance is refusal" "The more he saw the less he spoke" "The better part of valor is discretion." "He who talks more is sooner exhausted." "The more a man knows, the less he talks." "Govern a nation as you would cook a small fish. Do not overdo it." "Silence speaks so much louder than screaming tantrums. Never give anyone an excuse to say that you're crazy." "Blessed is the man who, having nothing to say, abstains from giving us wordy evidence of the fact." "Never miss a good chance to shut up." "The greatest remedy for anger is delay" "Great is truth but still greater from a practical point of view is silence about truth" "It is not good to be too free. It is not good to have everything one wants " "Silence at the proper season is wisdom and better than any speech." "The more you know, the less you need to say" "The point is that you can't be too greedy " "To lengthen thy life lessen thy meals" "The hardest thing with musicians is getting them not to play" "If you don't have anything to say, don't say anything" "Constraint mutes the naturally cacophonous character of our feelings and intentions "