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The one who understands does not speak; the one who speaks does not understand


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He who speaks does not know.
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VOLTAIRE When he who hears does not know what he who speaks means, and when he who speaks does not know what ...
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JOHN RUSKIN The man who does not understand your silence will probably not understand your words.
ELBERT HUBBARD The one who does not have the control for even a minute, he does not have the control forever.
DADA BHAGWAN One who does not like to read is equal to one who cannot read.
VIKRANT PARSAI The one who asks questions does not lose his way.
POLLY SHULMAN One Who Does Not Have Courage Can Not Support Justice
IRSHAD BAIG There is no one who does not exaggerate!
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WOODROW WILSON He who does not understand your silence will probably not understand your words.
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GILBERT KEITH CHESTERTON He who does not know one thing knows another
AFRICAN PROVERB One who does not sacrifice anything cannot achieve anything.
ARAKAWA HIROMU Some who will not speak against another, in the end does them harm.
PROVERB Beware the quiet man, for he who does not speak, is always thinking.
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LAO TZU He whose hands are clean does not like to hold an office; he who desires nothing cares not for bodil...
CHANAKYA No one reads; if someone does read, he doesn't understand; if he understands, he immediately forgets...
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LIN YUTANG He who does not have the courage to speak up for his rights cannot earn the respect of others.
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MOHITH AGADI The true philosopher is one who makes people believe that he admires what he does not admire.
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CHRIS LOW He who does not value life does not deserve it.
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WILLIAM ALLEN WHITE A little learning is not a dangerous thing to one who does not mistake it for a great deal
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J.R.R. TOLKIEN The mind speaks, though it does not have lips.
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