It is a great virtue to be silent, since speaking so useful and necessary to men [...] seems that, the more they speak, the more they would show themselves to be men of reason. (...) And, although it is very difficult to know well to speak, it is certainly more difficult to achieve the knowledge of silence.” I read the elegant edition of the
It is a great virtue to be silent, since speaking so useful and necessary to men [...] seems that, the more they speak, the more they would show themselves to be men of reason. (...) And, although it is very difficult to know well to speak, it is certainly more difficult to achieve the knowledge of silence.” I read the elegant edition of the