I always think of the saying “it is better to be thought a fool than to open your mouth and prove it”, this is a simplified version.
The original quote is “It is better to remain silent at the risk of being thought a fool, than to talk and remove all doubt” and it is often attributed to Abraham Lincoln, but that part is debatable.
I remember a related version from when I took Latin in school. “Si tacuisses, philosophus mansisses” (if you had remained silent, you would have remained a philosopher)
I always think of the saying “it is better to be thought a fool than to open your mouth and prove it”, this is a simplified version.
The original quote is “It is better to remain silent at the risk of being thought a fool, than to talk and remove all doubt” and it is often attributed to Abraham Lincoln, but that part is debatable.
I remember a related version from when I took Latin in school. “Si tacuisses, philosophus mansisses” (if you had remained silent, you would have remained a philosopher)