A Quote by Arsenius the Great

I have often repented of having spoken, but never of having been silent.

Arsenius the Great

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Been Having Never Often Silent Spoken

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Arsenius the Great
Roman - Saint
350 - 450

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Henry Suso

I have often regretted having spoken, never having kept silent.

Publilius Syrus

One never repents of having spoken too little but often of having spoken too much.

Philippe de Commines

I often regret that I have spoken; never that I have been silent.

Publilius Syrus

I would rather die having spoken in my way, than live having spoken in yours

Albert Shanker

Remember what Simonides said, that he never repented that he had held his tongue, but often that he had spoken.

Plutarch

Having eyes, but not seeing beauty; having ears, but not hearing music; having minds, but not perceiving truth; having hearts that are never moved and therefore never set on fire. These are the things to fear, said the headmaster.

Tetsuko Kuroyanagi

One can repent even of having repented.

Bernard Berenson

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Voltaire

Personally, having, you know, lived and worked in the White House, having been a senator, having been Secretary of State, there has traditionally been a great pool of very talented, hard-working people.

Hillary Clinton

If you would be well spoken of, learn to be well-spoken; and having learnt to be well- spoken, strive also to be well-doing; so shall you succeed in being well spoken of.

Epictetus

Having already been a head coach and having been fired, you never want to be in a situation where you're not prepared.

Monty Williams

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Emile Hirsch

Everyone thinks he knows what a lettuce looks like. But start to draw one and you realise the anomaly of having lived with lettuces all your life but never having seen one, never having seen the semi-translucent leaves curling in their own lettuce way, never having noticed what makes a lettuce a lettuce rather than a curly kale.

Frederick Franck

Written words differ from spoken words in being material structures. A spoken word is a process in the physical world, having an essential time-order; a written word is a series of pieces of matter, having an essential space-order.