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'Tis best to be silent in a bad cause.

Ovid

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A silent mouth is melodious.

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Absolute silence leads to sadness. It is the image of death.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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An inability to stay quiet is one of the most conspicuous failings of mankind.

Walter Bagehot

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And Silence, like a poultice, comes to heal the blows of sound.

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And when he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour. -- New Testament

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Consider the whale: It never gets into trouble until it comes up and starts spouting.

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Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding. -- Proverbs 17:28

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From politics it was an easy step to silence.

Jane Austen

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He had occasional flashes of silence that made his conversation perfectly delightful.

Sydney Smith

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He knew the precise psychological moment when to say nothing.

Oscar Wilde

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His enemies might have said before that he talked rather too much; but now he has occasional flashes of silence, that make his conversation perfectly delightful.

Sydney Smith

Silence
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I don't know whether to keep silent and let people think I am ignorant or open my mouth and release all doubts.

Silence
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I have been breaking silence these twenty-three years and have hardly made a rent in it.

Henry David Thoreau

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I often regret that I have spoken; never that I have been silent.

Publilius Syrus

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I shall state silences more competently than ever a better man spangled the butterflies of vertigo.

Samuel Beckett

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I think the first virtue is to restrain the tongue; he approaches nearest to gods who knows how to be silent, even though he is in the right.

Cato the Elder

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I went down with the ship but I kept my mouth shut so I didn't drown like the rest of them.

Silence
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If you don't say anything, you won't be called on to repeat it.

Calvin Coolidge

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If you keep your mouth shut you will never put your foot in it.

Austin O'Malley

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It ain't a bad plan to keep still occasionally even when you know what you're talking about.

Kin Hubbard

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Keep your mouth closed until your mind is in gear.

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Learn taciturnity and let that be your motto!

Robert Burns

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Let a fool hold his tongue and he will pass for a sage.

Publilius Syrus

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Let us be silent that we may hear the whispers of the gods.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

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My personal hobbies are reading, listening to music, and silence.

Edith Sitwell

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27

Not to ask is not be denied.

John Dryden

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Silence at the proper season is wisdom, and better than any speech.

Plutarch

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Silence implies consent.

Silence
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Silence is as deep as eternity, speech a shallow as time.

Thomas Carlyle

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Silence is as full of potential wisdom and wit as the unshown marble of great sculpture. The silent bear no witness against themselves.

Aldous Huxley

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Silence is foolish if we are wise, but wise if we are foolish.

Charles Caleb Colton

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Silence is more eloquent than words.

Thomas Carlyle

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Silence is never more golden than when you hold it long enough to get all the facts before you speak.

Silence
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Silence is one of the great arts of conversation.

Cicero

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Silence is one of the hardest arguments to refute.

Josh Billings

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Silence is the element in which great things fashion themselves.

Thomas Carlyle

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Silence is the great teacher, and to learn its lessons you must pay attention to it. There is no substitute for the creative inspiration, knowledge, and stability that come from knowing how to contact your core of inner silence. The great Sufi poet Rumi wrote, Only let the moving waters calm down, and the sun and moon will be reflected on the surface of your being.

Deepak Chopra

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Silence is the most perfect expression of scorn.

George Bernard Shaw

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Silence is the mother of truth.

Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield

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Silence is the perfectos herald of joy. I were but little happy if I could say how much.

William Shakespeare

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Silence is the true friend that never betrays.

Confucius

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Silence is the ultimate weapon of power.

Charles de Gaulle

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Silence is the unbearable repartee.

G. K. Chesterton

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Silence is the universal refuge, the sequel to all dull discourses and all foolish acts, a balm to our every chagrin, as welcome after satiety as after disappointment; that background which the painter may not daub, be he master or bungler, and which, however awkward a figure we may have made in the foreground, remains ever our inviolable asylum, where no indignity can assail, no personality can disturb us.

Henry David Thoreau

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Silence is the virtue of fools.

Francis Bacon

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Silence may be golden, but can you think of a better way to entertain someone than to listen to him?

Brigham Young

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Sometimes silence is not golden -- just yellow.

Silence
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Speech is of time, silence is of eternity.

Thomas Carlyle

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Speech is often barren; but silence also does not necessarily brood over a full nest. Your still fowl, blinking at you without remark, may all the while be sitting on one addled egg; and when it takes to cackling will have nothing to announce but that addled delusion.

George Eliot

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Sticks and stones are hard on bones aimed with angry art. Words can sting like anything but silence breaks the heart.

Phyllis McGinley

Silence
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Still waters run deep.

Silence
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That man's silence is wonderful to listen to.

Thomas Hardy

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The deepest feeling always shows itself in silence; not in silence, but restraint.

Silence
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The man who does not understand your silence will probably not understand your words.

Elbert Hubbard

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The Pause; that impressive silence, that eloquent silence, that geometrically progressive silence which often achieves a desired effect where no combination of words, however so felicitous, could accomplish it.

Mark Twain

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The silent dog is the first to bite.

Silence
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The tree of silence bears the fruit of peace.

Silence
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The whisper of a pretty girl can be heard further than the roar of a lion.

Silence
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There's nothing wrong with having nothing to say -- unless you insist on saying it.

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Those that are silent profess consent.

Silence
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To sin by silence when they should protest makes cowards of men.

Abraham Lincoln

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True silence is the rest of the mind; it is to the spirit what sleep is to the body, nourishment and refreshment.

William Penn

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Under all speech that is good for anything there lies a silence that is better. Silence is deep as Eternity; speech is shallow as Time.

Thomas Carlyle

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We need to find God, and he cannot be found in noise and restlessness. God is the friend of silence. See how nature -- trees, flowers, grass -- grows in silence; see the stars, the moon and the sun, how they move in silence. We need silence to be able to touch souls.

Mother Teresa

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When little is done, little is said; silence is the mother of truth.

Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield

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When the eagles are silent the parrots begin to jabber.

Winston Churchill

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When the oak is felled the whole forest echoes with it fall, but a hundred acorns are sown in silence by an unnoticed breeze.

Thomas Carlyle

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Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must be silent.

Ludwig Wittgenstein

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Words can sting like anything, but silence breaks the heart.

Phyllis McGinley

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You are a slave to what you do say, a master of what you don't say.

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Your hearts know in silence the secrets of the days and the nights.

Khalil Gibran

Silence

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'Tis best to be silent in a bad cause.

A silent mouth is melodious.

Absolute silence leads to sadness. It is the image of death.

An inability to stay quiet is one of the most conspicuous failings of mankind.

And Silence, like a poultice, comes to heal the blows of sound.

And when he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour. -- New Testament

Consider the whale: It never gets into trouble until it comes up and starts spouting.

Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding. -- Proverbs 17:28

From politics it was an easy step to silence.

He had occasional flashes of silence that made his conversation perfectly delightful.

He knew the precise psychological moment when to say nothing.

His enemies might have said before that he talked rather too much; but now he has occasional flashes of silence, that make his conversation perfectly delightful.

I don't know whether to keep silent and let people think I am ignorant or open my mouth and release all doubts.

I have been breaking silence these twenty-three years and have hardly made a rent in it.

I often regret that I have spoken; never that I have been silent.

I shall state silences more competently than ever a better man spangled the butterflies of vertigo.

I think the first virtue is to restrain the tongue; he approaches nearest to gods who knows how to be silent, even though he is in the right.

I went down with the ship but I kept my mouth shut so I didn't drown like the rest of them.

If you don't say anything, you won't be called on to repeat it.

If you keep your mouth shut you will never put your foot in it.

It ain't a bad plan to keep still occasionally even when you know what you're talking about.

Keep your mouth closed until your mind is in gear.

Learn taciturnity and let that be your motto!

Let a fool hold his tongue and he will pass for a sage.

Let us be silent that we may hear the whispers of the gods.

My personal hobbies are reading, listening to music, and silence.

Not to ask is not be denied.

Silence at the proper season is wisdom, and better than any speech.

Silence implies consent.

Silence is as deep as eternity, speech a shallow as time.

Silence is as full of potential wisdom and wit as the unshown marble of great sculpture. The silent bear no witness against themselves.

Silence is foolish if we are wise, but wise if we are foolish.

Silence is more eloquent than words.

Silence is never more golden than when you hold it long enough to get all the facts before you speak.

Silence is one of the great arts of conversation.

Silence is one of the hardest arguments to refute.

Silence is the element in which great things fashion themselves.

Silence is the most perfect expression of scorn.

Silence is the mother of truth.

Silence is the perfectos herald of joy. I were but little happy if I could say how much.

Silence is the true friend that never betrays.

Silence is the ultimate weapon of power.

Silence is the unbearable repartee.

Silence is the virtue of fools.

Silence may be golden, but can you think of a better way to entertain someone than to listen to him?

Sometimes silence is not golden -- just yellow.

Speech is of time, silence is of eternity.

Speech is often barren; but silence also does not necessarily brood over a full nest. Your still fowl, blinking at you without remark, may all the while be sitting on one addled egg; and when it takes to cackling will have nothing to announce but that addled delusion.

Sticks and stones are hard on bones aimed with angry art. Words can sting like anything but silence breaks the heart.

Still waters run deep.

That man's silence is wonderful to listen to.

The deepest feeling always shows itself in silence; not in silence, but restraint.

The man who does not understand your silence will probably not understand your words.

The Pause; that impressive silence, that eloquent silence, that geometrically progressive silence which often achieves a desired effect where no combination of words, however so felicitous, could accomplish it.

The silent dog is the first to bite.

The tree of silence bears the fruit of peace.

The whisper of a pretty girl can be heard further than the roar of a lion.

There's nothing wrong with having nothing to say -- unless you insist on saying it.

Those that are silent profess consent.

To sin by silence when they should protest makes cowards of men.

True silence is the rest of the mind; it is to the spirit what sleep is to the body, nourishment and refreshment.

Under all speech that is good for anything there lies a silence that is better. Silence is deep as Eternity; speech is shallow as Time.

We need to find God, and he cannot be found in noise and restlessness. God is the friend of silence. See how nature -- trees, flowers, grass -- grows in silence; see the stars, the moon and the sun, how they move in silence. We need silence to be able to touch souls.

When little is done, little is said; silence is the mother of truth.

When the eagles are silent the parrots begin to jabber.

When the oak is felled the whole forest echoes with it fall, but a hundred acorns are sown in silence by an unnoticed breeze.

Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must be silent.

Words can sting like anything, but silence breaks the heart.

You are a slave to what you do say, a master of what you don't say.

Your hearts know in silence the secrets of the days and the nights.