hadith
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Imam Ali (AS) said, Speech is between two bad qualities, namely: too much and too little; too much [of it] is babble and too little is inarticulateness and speechlessness.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : اَلكَلامُ بَيْنَ خَلَّتَيْ سَوْء: هُما الإكْثارُ وَ الإقْلالُ فَالإكْثارُ هَذَرٌ وَالإقْلالُ عَيٌّ وَ حَصَرٌ