From the wall of a New York bar: "A closed mouth gathers no feet."

Now disinflation is conventional wisdom on Wall Street, and Rutledge makes no apologies for his flamboyance: "A closed mouth gathers no feet," he says.

Or just keep your mouth shut. As sex therapist Marty Klein says, "A closed mouth gathers no feet."

So open your mouth to speak about what is good. And above all remember that "a closed mouth gathers no feet!"

Bubba said he would like to go along. Leonard said, "That's okay, Bubba, but please allow me to do the talking. Remember, a closed mouth gathers no feet."

A closed mouth gathers no feet

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Proverb