If the quickness of the mind and the fluency of the tongue are too punctilious and sharp, moderate them in your activity and rest.
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Xunzi
The words of malicious slander should not be allowed to enter the ear. A defensive voice should not be allowed to come out of the mouth. The want to gravely injure people should not be allowed to exist in the heart. If this is accomplished, though there be people who cynically expose others, they would be without people who would align with them.
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Mo Zi
It's your road & yours alone. Others may walk it with you, but no one can walk it for you
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Rumi
Wise men speak because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something.
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Plato
New opinions are always suspected, and usually opposed, without any other reason but because they are not common.
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John Locke