Cato the Younger
Politician
"I will begin to speak, when I have that to say which had not better be unsaid."
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Unsaid
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Taylor Swift
Singer, Songwriter
"The words you'll most regret Are the ones that are left unsaid."
Daniel Day-Lewis
Actor
"The more articulate somebody is, the more suspicious I am of them. I like to feel that the important things remain unsaid."
Leo Tolstoy
Novelist, Philosopher
"Much unhappiness has come from things left unsaid"
Paulo Coelho
Writer
"There is no time to leave important words unsaid."
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"Most stuff that is genuine is better left unsaid."
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"Don't leave it all unsaid, somewhere in the wasteland of your head."
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"And surely one of the best rules in conversation is, never to say a thing which any of the company can reasonably wish had been left unsaid."
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"In the world of diplomacy, some things are better left unsaid."
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"Women often seemed to leave things unsaid, and in his limited experience it was what they did not say that proved the most trouble."
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"Some things need to be left unsaid."
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"What is left unsaid gets in the way of the relationship. What is left unasked-for is a missed opportunity."
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"The unsaid part is the best of every discourse."
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"She wished such words unsaid with all her heart"
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"I don't have to tell you it goes without saying there are some things better left unsaid. I think that speaks for itself. The less said about it the better."
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