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minus-square@HypersapienOPlinkEnglish9•1 year agoGoogle translate is giving me “If kept silence stayed philosopher.”
minus-squareCevilia (she/they/…)linkfedilinkEnglish13•1 year agoColloquially it means “If you’d kept your mouth shut, we might’ve thought you were clever.” It’s my favourite Latin phrase, and not directed at you btw. :)
minus-squarePerhytelinkEnglish2•1 year agoReminds me of a similar quote: It’s better to keep your mouth shut and appear stupid than open it and remove all doubt
minus-squareBraveSirZaphodlinkfedilink4•1 year agoLiterally, “If you-would-stay-silent, a-philsopher you-would-remain”.
Si tacuisses, philosophus mansisses.
Google translate is giving me “If kept silence stayed philosopher.”
Colloquially it means “If you’d kept your mouth shut, we might’ve thought you were clever.”
It’s my favourite Latin phrase, and not directed at you btw. :)
Reminds me of a similar quote:
Literally, “If you-would-stay-silent, a-philsopher you-would-remain”.