Re: verification of a quote

[weeks-g@dircon.co.uk (Graham Weeks)]

>Hi,
>
>i'd just like to double check if this quote is attributed to the right
>person.
>
>It is better to keep your mouth shut and appear stupid than to open it and
>remove all doubt.
>                                                         --Mark Twain
>
>Anyone know for sure?
>
>Thanks in advance!
>   Mia  =)
The following versions and attributions have been posted on alt.quotations
but no sources.
It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to open your
mouth and remove all doubt . -- George Eliot
Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and
remove all doubt.-- Abraham Lincoln (also attr. Confucius)
It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a
fool than to open it and remove all doubt.-- Mark Twain (1835-1910)
A Yiddish proverb has been proposed as the origin, but if so it is
preceded by,
Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: and he that
shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding. -Proverbs 17:28.
Graham J Weeks
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