"Virtutem primam esse puto, compescere linguam: proximus ille deo est qui scit ratione tacere."
— Silence

January 1, 1970

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To rule the tongue I reckon virtue’s height: He’s nearest God who can be dumb aright. — Dicta Catonis advice to his son, Loeb Classical Library vol. 434, p. 595.