Tacuisse

Rumores cave; ne studeas novus auctor haberi, 
nam tacuisse nocet nulli, nocet esse locutum.
(Disticha Catonis 1.12)

Shun tattling, and the newest thing to say
Seek not: closed lips hurt no one—speaking may.
(tr. John Wight Duff & Arnold M. Duff)

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