Sunday, October 16, 2022

Silence

Says Palladas, in: The Greek Anthology, IV., tr. W. R. Paton (Loeb Classical Library, 1918), bk. X., §46, p. 27:

Silence is men's chief learning. The sage Pythagoras himself is my witness. He, knowing himself how to speak, taught others to be silent, having discovered this potent drug to ensure tranquillity.

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