Saying meaning "Don't speak unless you can improve silence"
Is there an English equivalent to this familiar saying used in India:
Don't speak unless you can improve silence.
The saying loosely means it is better to be silent than prattle on about something.
There's this fairly famous saying:
"Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak and remove all doubt."
A quick internet search indicates that this saying has been attributed to Mark Twain, Abraham Lincoln, and Confucius, among others.
Our mamas always told us:
If you don't have anything nice to say, don't say, anything at all!
