The contrary quote is "the squeaky gate gets the grease", meaning "speak up". But on deeper levels I'm all for the quote above - it's a matter of silent truths having more ultimate power than empty noisy words. Wisdom trumps volume every time - but maybe not for centuries.
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Date: 2007-01-09 03:31 pm (UTC)