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Si tacuisses, philosophus mansisses.
5 0 ReplyGoogle translate is giving me "If kept silence stayed philosopher."
9 0 ReplyColloquially it means "If you'd kept your mouth shut, we might've thought you were clever."
It's my favourite Latin phrase, and not directed at you btw. :)
13 0 ReplyReminds me of a similar quote:
It's better to keep your mouth shut and appear stupid than open it and remove all doubt
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Literally, "If you-would-stay-silent, a-philsopher you-would-remain".
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