A prudent silence will frequently be taken for wisdom and a sentence or two cautiously thrown in will sometimes gain the palm of knowledge, while a man well informed but indiscreet and unreserved will not uncommonly talk himself out of all consideration and weight. {Alexander Hamilton's 'thesis on discretion' written to his son James shortly before his fatal duel with Burr.}
( Ron Chernow )
[ Alexander Hamilton ]
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