If it requires great tact to speak to the purpose, it requires no less to know when to be silent.
Speakers and Speaking
Quotations by Francois De La Rochefoucauld
If it requires great tact to speak to the purpose, it requires no less to know when to be silent. Francois De La Rochefoucauld
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