Il tait (sans accent circonflexe, à la différence de il plaît)
ACCORD
Le participe passé s'accorde avec le complément d'objet placé avant le verbe : les raisons qu'il a tues.
À la forme pronominale réciproque, le participe passé s'accorde avec le complément d'objet s'il est placé avant le verbe : les secrets qu'elles s'étaient tus (mais : elles s'étaient tu bien des secrets).
À la forme pronominale sans complément d'objet, le participe passé s'accorde avec le sujet : les rumeurs de la ville se sont tues.
Citations avec taire
Charles Baudelaire (Paris 1821-Paris 1867) Sois charmante et tais-toi ! Les Fleurs du Mal, Sonnet d'automne
Philippe de Commynes sire d'Argenton (Renescure, près d'Hazebrouck ? , 1447-Argenton 1511) Je me suis souvent repenti d'avoir parlé, mais jamais de m'être tu. Sentence gravée en latin sur la muraille du château de Loches
Pierre Corneille (Rouen 1606-Paris 1684) […] Quand une femme a le don de se taire, Elle a des qualités au-dessus du vulgaire. Le Menteur, I, 4, Cliton
Pierre Daninos (Paris 1913-Paris 2005) En France, où l'on brille par la parole, un homme qui se tait, socialement se tue. En Angleterre, où l'art de la conversation consiste à savoir se taire, un homme brille par son côté terne. Les Carnets du major W. Marmaduke Thompson, Hachette
Léon Dierx (La Réunion 1838-Paris 1912) L'homme est né pour souffrir, oublier et se taire. Poèmes et poésies, Sausset
Charles Antoine Fournier, dit JeanDolent (1835-1909) Si vous refusez, madame, ne le dites pas ; si vous cédez, je me tairai. Amoureux d'art, Lemerre
Léon-Paul Fargue (Paris 1876-Paris 1947) Toute idée est une belle occasion de se taire. Elle est perdue Sous la lampe, Gallimard
François de Salignac deLa Mothe-Fénelon (château de Fénelon, Périgord, 1651-Cambrai 1715) Quiconque est capable de mentir est indigne d'être compté au nombre des hommes ; et quiconque ne sait pas se taire est indigne de gouverner. Les Aventures de Télémaque
Jean de La Bruyère (Paris 1645-Versailles 1696) C'est une grande misère que de n'avoir pas assez d'esprit pour bien parler, ni assez de jugement pour se taire. Les Caractères, De la société et de la conversation
Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (Kamenz, Saxe, 1729-Brunswick 1781) Le sage ne peut pas dire ce qu'il vaut mieux taire. Dialogues maçonniques Der Weise kann nicht sagen, was er besser verschweigt. Gespräche für Freimaurer
Maurice Maeterlinck (Gand 1862-Nice 1949) S'il est incertain que la vérité que vous allez dire soit comprise, taisez-la. Le Double Jardin, Fasquelle
Louis Massignon (Nogent-sur-Marne 1883-Paris 1962) L'homme qui se tait refuse ; la femme qui se tait consent. Opera minora, Centre de documentation scolaire
Henri Michaux (Namur 1899-Paris 1984) On crie pour taire ce qui crie. Tranches de savoir, Cercle des Arts
Commentaire Au début de la Grande Guerre, l'espionnite était très répandue en France. Le ministre de la Guerre Millerand faisait placarder des affiches qui portaient ces exhortations.
Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, dit Molière (Paris 1622-Paris 1673) Sur telles affaires, toujours Le meilleur est de ne rien dire. Amphitryon, III, 10, Sosie
Charles de Secondat, baron de La Brède et de Montesquieu (château de La Brède, près de Bordeaux, 1689-Paris 1755) La plupart des gens vous nuisent, sans avoir la moindre intention de vous nuire. Ils ont parlé contre vous et ils ne voulaient que parler : ils ont parlé contre vous parce qu'ils étaient dans l'impuissance de se taire. Mes pensées
Tchouang Tseu (mort en 315 avant J.-C.) Le meilleur usage que l'on puisse faire de la parole est de se taire.
François Marie Arouet, dit Voltaire (Paris 1694-Paris 1778) […] À la cour, mon fils, l'art le plus nécessaire N'est plus de bien parler, mais de savoir se taire. L'Indiscret, 1, Euphémie
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