Q. Follow-up to recent column: Who first said, “If you can’t say something nice, don’t say anything at all?”
A. I received several replies to my request for similar phrases from other cultures. A comparable phrase from China would be roughly translated as “If no good thing to say, then express with ‘silence is golden.’” This gentleman also forwarded an expression from a friend in Lahore, Pakistan: “One silence, one hundred rewards.”
Q. Every fall, we have a cricket invasion at work. I heard a Texas Agri-Life radio interview about crickets that said that the type of outdoor lighting used contributed to the problem, but I didn’t catch the details. Can you help me find something on that?
PLEASE LOG IN FOR PREMIUM CONTENT. Our website requires visitors to log in to view the best local news.
Not yet a subscriber? Subscribe today!
