"Yet we must say something when those who say the most are saying nothing."
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Saying Nothing
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"You're like a dull knife, just ain't cuttin', just talkin' loud and saying nothing"
"As it is the characteristic of great wits to say much in few words, so small wits seem to have the gift of speaking much and saying nothing."
"I do know of these That therefore only are reputed wise For saying nothing."
"It is in this power of saying everything, and yet saying nothing too plainly, that the perfection of art consists."
"Sometimes speech is no more than a device for saying nothing - and a neater one than silence."
"For common minds have an ugly ability to perceive in the deepest and richest saying nothing but their own everyday opinion."
"There is little much beyond the grave, but the strong are saying nothing until they see."
"Sometimes being a good friend means saying nothing."