“Keep silent unless what you are going to say is more important than silence”
It’s a self portrait of Rosa Salvator from the 17th century. Its unusual for it’s age as the quote is actually in the painting. This is one of my favourite paintings in the National.
If the quote is familiar it is because it has been paraphrased by Lisa Simpson and Abraham Lincoln.
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Oh, may I borrow this from you without giving you credit. This is great and I wish there was the same type thing in Latin about email.
“Don’t send me email unless what you are going to say is more important than the electrons required to send it”
(remember to forward to 10,000 or Bill Gates will buy Nigeria! and give you 10% once the check clears)
Go for it, I’m sure that karma will reward you ;)
I think the same quote can be applied to email or any form of communication. As John Lennon once said, “Everyone is talking, but no one is saying a thing”.
Looks like that has put paid to 99% of blogs – including mine LOL :) Superb painting too Its great to be introduced to new stuf
regards
RR
Once given the existential determination of thought, who is there to judge among the babel of competing voices?
@supaswag, who indeed?
Judge Twitt? Although I doubt that he prefers silence to noise. Anyway.. here’s what you need >> http://www.termight.co.uk/2000adonline.php
Good Luck
very rightly said…many just blog about…when they have nothing important to say…time to think
Geat quote, and as Richard says, so applicable in the high communication world we live in today..
:)
Matt Garrett
Hmmm…..that has now killed all of my Twittering and blogging. I shall need to think hard about what to say from now on.
But I love it. I have just send the picture with the quote around the office and I think a few people have stopped sending me emails already.
Bliss
Go for it, I’m sure you’ll be rewarded.
I think the same quote can be applied to email or any form of communication. As John Lennon once said, “Everyone is talking, but no one is saying a thing”.
-Jeff
You also took William Strunk to heart: “Omit needless words!”
well theres also the famous army slogan, KISS, keep it simple, stupid. thats kinda the most effective way of doing anything on the internet.
never heard of that army slogan before…and i was in it
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