OFF TOPIC RE: "It is better to be thought a fool than to speak and remove all doubt."
Larry,
The admonition is often attributed to Abraham Lincoln, as with most genuinely funny and true folk aphorisms, but I have never been able to find an actual citation for it. The underlying idea, of course, goes back, no doubt, to the dawn of human history. It is quite possible that it is the second idea ever expressed in human speech, the first one being unknown, but doubtless it was a particularly foolish one. In the "wisdom writings" of the Bible, Proverbs 17:28 says: "Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise." |
