The wise have always said the same things, and fools, who are the majority, have always done just the opposite.
Wise men speak because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something.
A long-circulating form of the thought — wording may vary by translator or commonplace book.
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Wise men speak because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something.
Plato
The Commonplace