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Si tacuisses, philosophus mansisses.

• Imustaskforhelp 1y ago
  What a great way to say to someone that their words could've had some value if they hadn't been too crude/maybe rude and said things in a different manner lol. I don't agree with the author's standpoint but I can kinda understand it but their passive aggression on the parent comment was just not needed and this clever way of saying it was kinda cool. I learnt something new to say but I am not sure how many ways it would be viable to say this Any other quotes like this that you might want to share?
  • BenFranklin100 1y ago
    No need to ask him; ask ChatGPT. That’s what he did: “Please give me a latin phrase that says someone would seem more intelligent if they had remained silent.” ChatGPT has lifted Latin putdowns from the province of Harvard classics major to computer programmers.
    • messe 1y ago
      As the other commenter noted, I stole it from Yes Minister, not ChatGPT. > ChatGPT has lifted Latin putdowns from the province of Harvard classics major to computer programmers. I take issue with your implication that software developers can't have other interests. What a fucking narrow minded view of the world your must have.
• esafak 1y ago
  Hacker: That's not the point. Look at Latin. Hardly anybody knows that now. Humphrey: Tempora mutantur, nos et mutamur in illis. Hacker: What? Humphrey: Times change and we change with the times. Hacker: Precisely. Humphrey: Si tacuisses, philosophus manisses. Hacker: What does that mean? Humphrey: If you'd kept your mouth shut, we might have thought you were clever. Hacker: I beg your pardon? Humphrey: Not you, Prime Minister. That's the translation. https://youtu.be/beuKfLn8a6c?t=96 https://youtu.be/beuKfLn8a6c?t=96