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Silence has many advantages. When you do not speak, other people presume you to be deaf or feeble-minded and promptly make a show of their own limitations.

Barbara Kingsolver

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Barbara Kingsolver
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: April 8
Essayist
Novelist
Poet
Writer
Annapolis
Maryland
Speak
Advantages
Shows
Deaf
Many
Limitations
Make
Minded
People
Limitation
Advantage
Promptly
Silence
Presume
Show
Feeble

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