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On the Virtues of Keeping Your Mouth Shut

Posted on June 20, 2008 by Eric

Inspired by Den­nis, I was look­ing through the Dis­ticha Cato­nis and found a few good ones on hold­ing your tongue, and thought I’d post them here. 3. Vir­tutem pri­mam esse puto com­pescere lin­guam:Prox­imus ille deo est, qui scit ratione tacere. … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Wise man say …

Posted on May 18, 2008 by Dennis

multa legas fac­ito, tum lec­tis neglege multa; nam miranda canunt, sed non cre­denda poetae. “See to it that you do much read­ing, and then over­look much of what you’ve read; for poets sing things to be admired, but not to … Con­tinue read­ing →

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