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Restraint Quotes

"We are the masters of the unsaid words, but slaves of those we let slip out."

"To lengthen thy life lessen thy meals"

"Better to shun the bait than struggle in the snare"

"Anger, if not restrained, is frequently more hurtful to us than the injury that provokes it."

"Silence at the proper season is wisdom and better than any speech."

"Constraint mutes the naturally cacophonous character of our feelings and intentions "

"The hardest thing with musicians is getting them not to play"

"The more a man knows, the less he talks."

"The point is that you can't be too greedy "

"If you don't have anything to say, don't say anything"

"The greatest remedy for anger is delay"

"Those who restrain desire do so because theirs is weak enough to be restrained"

"Great is truth but still greater from a practical point of view is silence about truth"

"Never miss a good chance to shut up."

"Elegance is refusal"

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