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The best time for you to hold your tongue is the time you feel you must say something or bust.
The best time for you to hold your tongue is the time you feel you must say something or bust.
Approximate author period: c. 1851 AD · industrial
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- Josh Billings
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- Approximate author period: c. 1851 AD · industrial
Approximate author-period anchor from life dates 1818 to 1885; Wikidata Q955265, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q955265 (accessed 2026-10-08). Not a quotation composition date.
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