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magpiesmn asked in Arts & HumanitiesPhilosophy · 10 years ago

If it's wise to remain silent does that mean wisdom is silence?

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  • 10 years ago
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    Sometimes it is better to remain silent,

    because when many do speak, they don't think first,

    and they end up "tripping over their tongue." <}:-})

  • 10 years ago

    Even a fool is thought to be wise if he is silent. So, wisdom cannot be silence.

    Wisdom is silent in a way that solves problems and not in a way that create delusional, irrational thoughts. It is wise to remain silent because, u can't take back words u never said.

    A wise person sits down watch others, hear others ponder on what they say or do n create a general explanation to their actions and inactions. A silent blank mind cannot be wise.

  • 10 years ago

    not exactly and necessarily

    it is wise to remain silent means that better not to talk instead of saying sth stupid

    in this case wise is used more likely as a comparison

    wisdom is not a silence it is experience and thought

    to know what to say and what to do because you have done and seen mnay things happening

  • 10 years ago

    I've heard a saying that goes: 'To say the right thing at the right time, stay quiet most of the time'.

    Maybe there is some wisdom in that.

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  • 10 years ago

    maybe the formula is:

    silent + 0 + time - tragedy = wisdom

    so :

    wisdom = tragedy - silence - time

  • 10 years ago

    Not necessarily. But I believe it's an exhibition of some level of control.

  • 10 years ago

    no because then its like saying 'hey those who kept there mouths shut during the Third Reich was wise! yay!

  • Anonymous
    10 years ago

    When it comes to freedom, silence is yellow. LOL

  • Anonymous
    10 years ago

    be silent!

    but not always!

  • Jesere
    Lv 7
    10 years ago

    no

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