A wise person does not keep silent when he should speak and does not speak when he should keep silent.
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Wisdom is the deciding factor in the matter and through discernment you can determine which of the two ways is better. It is unreasonable to give one rule for all cases, we cannot say that you should keep silent when one word from you can solve a problem or when your silence can be misinterpreted for something other than what you intended.

—H.H. Pope Shenouda III, Characteristics of the Spiritual Path

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