Laudator Temporis Acti: A Time to Keep Silence

A Time to Keep Silence

Sophocles, Oedipus the King 569 (Creon speaking; tr. Oliver Taplin):

I've no idea. And when I do not know, I hold my tongue.

οὐκ οἶδ’· ἐφ’ οἷς γὰρ μὴ φρονῶ σιγᾶν φιλῶ.

Id. 1520:

When I'm short of knowledge, I don't idly chatter.

ἃ μὴ φρονῶ γὰρ οὐ φιλῶ λέγειν μάτην.

# posted by Michael Gilleland @ 12:44 PM

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