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To: The Philosopher who wrote (58392)	2/2/2001 2:11:13 AM
From: nihil	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 71178

As usual you are wrong, and insulting. If you are able to type "better to keep silent and be thought a fool" into google.com, something even a nincompoop like you should be able to do, you will find the first citation to be Random Quotes ... It is better to keep silent and be thought a fool, than to open one's mouth and remove all doubt. (Abraham Lincoln). ... www.cs.cmu.edu/~mccall/quotes.html - 4k - Cached - Similar pages Now do you have a citation that shows that it originated with Mark Twain? Of course it is an old saw, probably in the wisdom literature or the upanishads or something. You are foolishly picky. Don't you understand that I was suggesting that you stop making a fool of yourself? Your ignorance is disgusting.