http://artofmanliness.com/2008/03/10/the-virtuous-life-silence/ Men's Interests and Lifestyle Sat, 11 Feb 2012 16:23:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://artofmanliness.com/2008/03/10/the-virtuous-life-silence/comment-page-1/#comment-107981 [转] Benjamin Franklin’s List of 13 Virtues - As the deer Tue, 29 Jun 2010 19:58:10 +0000 http://artofmanliness.com/2008/03/10/the-virtuous-life-silence/#comment-107981 [...] Silence: Speak not but what may benefit others or yourself, avoiding trifling conversation. “Clearly, Ben was not referring to monastic solitude when he presented silence as a virtue. Instead, he had in mind the ability of knowing the appropriate time and words to speak. A gentlemen has always been judged by his manner of speech, yet our modern age presents a host of difficulties in this area that Franklin never faced.” [...] [...] Silence: Speak not but what may benefit others or yourself, avoiding trifling conversation. “Clearly, Ben was not referring to monastic solitude when he presented silence as a virtue. Instead, he had in mind the ability of knowing the appropriate time and words to speak. A gentlemen has always been judged by his manner of speech, yet our modern age presents a host of difficulties in this area that Franklin never faced.” [...]

]]> http://artofmanliness.com/2008/03/10/the-virtuous-life-silence/comment-page-1/#comment-97417 Gerald Tue, 16 Mar 2010 03:12:08 +0000 http://artofmanliness.com/2008/03/10/the-virtuous-life-silence/#comment-97417 Another excellent article! Thank you! Another excellent article! Thank you!

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