Never complain, never explain. Resist the temptation to defend yourself or make excuses.

~ Brian Tracy

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You should try not to talk so much, friend. You'll sound far less stupid that way.- Breeze

~ Brandon Sanderson

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Silence does not always mark wisdom.

~ Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Samuel Taylor Coleridge Remaining Silent Reticence Wisdom

Never miss a good chance to shut up.

~ Will Rogers

Will Rogers Advice Funny Reticence Silence

Nothing is as irritating to a shy man as a confident girl.

~ Mokokoma Mokhonoana

Mokokoma Mokhonoana Aggravating Annoy Annoying Aphorism Aphorisms Aphorist Aphorists Aplomb Assertive Assertiveness Assured At Ease Bashful Bashfulness Boldness Bothersome Can Do Confident Coolheaded Courage Coyness Cursed Demureness Diffidence Diffident Embarrassed Embarrassment Exasperating Extrovert Extroverted Farouche Funny Galling Girl Girls Hilarious Humor Humorous Humour Imperturbable Infuriating Inhibited Insecure Introversion Introvert Introverted Irksome Irritate Irritating Irritation Joke Jokes Lack Of Confidence Levelheaded Maddening Man Men Mettle Mousiness Mousy Nerve Nervous Nettlesome Obnoxious Pesky Phlegm Phlegmatic Poise Poised Positive Quotations Quotes Repressed Reserve Reserved Reservedness Reticence Reticent Retiring Satire Self Assurance Self Assured Self Confidence Self Confident Self Conscious Self Consciousness Self Effacing Self Possessed Self Possession Self Reliant Sheepish Sheepishness Shy Shyness Timid Timidity Timidness Timorous Timorousness Tiresome Together Troublesome Trying Unconfident Unperturbed Unruffled Vexatious Vexing Withdrawn

It is always assumed by the empty-headed, who chatter about themselves for want of something better, that people who do not discuss their affairs openly must have something to hide.

~ Honoré De Balzac

Honoré De Balzac Gossip Psychology Remaining Silent Reticence Silence

Among my most prized possessions are words that I have never spoken.

~ Orson Scott Card

Orson Scott Card Remaining Silent Restraint Reticence Words

There should be a little gap between you and your friends, though you'll miss their companionship and you'll also miss their disrespect.

~ Michael Bassey Johnson

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Keep your problems to yourself, if its too much for you, kill it slowly till it disappears from your life.

~ Michael Bassey Johnson

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If animals could speak, the dog would be a blundering outspoken fellow; but the cat would have the rare grace of never saying a word too much.

~ Mark Twain

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I don't think... then you shouldn't talk, said the Hatter.

~ Lewis Carroll

Lewis Carroll Mad Hatter Remaining Silent Reticence Silence

Silence is only frightening to people who are compulsively verbalizing.

~ William S. Burroughs

William S. Burroughs Introspection Loquacity Remaining Silent Reticence Silence

There are many men in London, you know, who, some from shyness, some from misanthropy, have no wish for the company of their fellows. Yet they are not averse to comfortable chairs and the latest periodicals. It is for the convenience of these that the Diogenes Club was started, and it now contains the most unsociable and unclubbable men in town. No member is permitted to take the least notice of any other one. Save in the Stranger's Room, no talking is, under any circumstances, allowed, and three offenses, if brought to the notice of the committee, render the talker liable to expulsion. My brother was one of the founders, and I have myself found it a very soothing atmosphere.

~ Arthur Conan Doyle

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The post on her left was occupied by Mr. Erskine of Treadley, an old gentleman of considerable charm and culture, who had fallen, however, into bad habits of silence, having, as he explained once to Lady Agatha, said everything that he had to say before he was thirty.

~ Oscar Wilde

Oscar Wilde Humor Reticence Silence

Many times in life I've regretted the things I've said without thinking. But I've never regretted the things I said nearly as much as the words I left unspoken.

~ Lisa Kleypas

Lisa Kleypas Communication Remaining Silent Reticence

Oh, tell me, who first declared, who first proclaimed that man only does nasty things because he does not know his own real interests; and that if he were enlightened, if his eyes were opened to his real normal interests, man would at once cease to do nasty things, would at once become good and noble because, being enlightened and understanding his real advantage, he would see his own advantage in the good and nothing else… . Oh, the babe! Oh, the pure, innocent child!

~ Fyodor Dostoyevsky

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You know you're about as forthcoming as a mime.

~ Shirley Jump

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Reticence was clearly a national characteristic, even if the other person spoke French.

~ Sara Sheridan

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