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Momenta desultoria

Constantijn Huygens

XCIII. TAke heede whilst thou shewest Wisedome in not speaking, thou betrayest not thy folly in too long silence. If thou art a foole, thy silence is Wisedom: If a Wise man, too long silence is folly: As too many words from a fools mouth, gives a Wise man no leave to speake: Soo too long silence in a Wiseman, gives a foole the opportunity of speaking, and makes thee guilty of his folly.

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