When you lack expert knowledge in a field, and you can't understand the peculiarities of the words, it is better to keep your mouth shut. The risk of appeari...

When you lack expert knowledge in a field, and you can't understand the peculiarities of the words, it is better to keep your mouth shut. The risk of appearing ridiculous is directly proportional to the number of words you utter.

Paulo Coelho in interview in Época Magazine (1990), translated by Dan Costinaş
Submitted by Dan Costinaş
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