یکی را از حکما شنیدم که میگفت: هرگز کسی به جهلِ خویش اقرار نکرده است مگر آن کس که چون دیگری در سخن باشد، هم چنان ناتمام گفته، سخن آغاز کند.
سخن را سر است اى خردمند و بُن
میاور سخن در میانِ سخُن
خداوندِ تدبیر و فرهنگ و هوش
نگوید سخن، تا نبیند خموش
I heard a philosopher say that no one has ever made a confession of his own folly except he who begins speaking, whilst another has not yet finished his talk.
Words have a head, O shrewd man, and a tail. Do not insert thy words between words of others. The possessor of deliberation, intelligence and shrewdness Does not say a word till he sees silence.