76 “May the Almighty bestow upon the king both joy and wise guidance. Each utterance finds its moment, and with every necessity comes its own measure of strife. The turmoil of being unable to voice one’s thoughts looms larger than the struggle to maintain silence; the faltering of words weighs more heavily than missteps upon a plain of yielding mud. For us, the ideal moment for speech is when our words flow freely as we desire; the discomfort of uttering unpalatable truths is a chalice we would rather not sip from. I find solace in withholding what I know of myself, what my audience expects of my capabilities, rather than laboring under the yoke of expressing fears both mine and theirs. The grace of silent knowledge, in this case, far surpasses the burden of reluctant speech.
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