Dissecting Quotes #7

         This is the seventh edition of the series "Dissecting Quotes", where I choose a quote and briefly describe what I think the quote means and how to apply it to our everyday lives. I hope the insight a high schooler can provide can help brighten a day or get you thinking.

"Better to keep your mouth shut and be thought a fool than to

open it and remove all doubt."

-Unknown

         I have heard this quote before, but never really thought about it until now. What it is talking about is opinions of people, how people judge based on bias. The first part of the quote, "Better to keep your mouth shut and be thought a fool," describes how a person could go about life. Those who are quiet, all of us have met them, are regarded in the eyes of others as respected and even possibly intelligence.  But the second part, "than to open it and remove all doubt," describes how if a person talks and is foolish in doing so, is thought to be a fool. Contrasted to the one who is regarded wise and is respected, I do not think any one of us wants to be a fool. So before we speak, think about what we are about to say. Is it the wisest thing to say in that situation?