„O silêncio é tolo quando somos sábios, mas é sábio quando somos tolos.“
— Charles Caleb Colton 1777 - 1832
And yet Shakspeare has hinted, that even silence is not always ' commendable :' since it may be foolish, if we are wise, but wise if we are foolish.
referindo-se à Shakspeare; "Lacon: or, Many things in few words : addressed to those who think" - Página ii http://books.google.com.br/books?id=OZZpCaTYJ0QC&pg=PR2, Charles Caleb Colton - Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longmans, 1837 - 485 páginas