Better thought a fool than speak, removing doubt.
Methinks it was one afraid to enter the idea fray,
Who promoted the value of silence by putting this out.
But let us consider this matter another way?
Yes, silence is golden, still waters run deep,
But perhaps the idiot is merely asleep?
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Author Notes
We all know some quiet people and usually assume they are very wise. However, I got to know one of these individuals and found he really thought he was far more intelligent than his contemporaries. Fact is, in some areas he was superior to others and he should have spoken up to help them become better at their mutual craft. But of course, when you speak on important matters, you must be ready to defend it, since certainty in any field draws naysayers like vultures to dying animals.
So for some, better to bask in unspoken greatness, rather than experience the slings and arrows of laboring with the unwashed masses. :)
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