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The silente man still suffers wrong. - Unattributed Author, The Rock of Regard, J.P. Collier's "Reprint", 1576 But silence never shows itself to so great an advantage, as when it is made the reply to calumny and defamation, provided that we give no just occasion for them. - Joseph Addison, in the "Tatler", no. 133 The deepest rivers make least din, The silent soule doth most abound in care. - William Alexander, Earl of Stirling, Aurora (song) Deep vengeance is the daughter of deep silence. [It., Alta vendetta D'alto silenzio e figlia.] - Vittorio Alfieri, La Congiura de' Pazzi (I, 1) Drawing on my fine command of the English language, I said nothing. - Robert Benchley Silence gives consent. [Lat., Qui tacet, consentire videtur.] - Pope Boniface VIII, Decretals (bk. V, 12, 43), taken from the Canon Law Silence is the genius of fools and one of the virtues of the wise. [Fr., Le silence est l'esprit des sots, et l'une des vertus du sage.] - Bernard de Bonnard Silence is a virtue in those who are deficient in understanding. - Dominique Bouhours Silence, when nothing need be said, is the eloquence of discretion. - Christian Nestell Bovee Three things are ever silent--Thought, Destiny, and the Grave. - Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton, Harold (bk. X, ch. II) All Heaven and Earth are still, though not in sleep, But breathless, as we grow when feeling most. - Lord Byron (George Gordon Noel Byron), Childe Harold (canto III, st. 89) There was silence deep as death; And the boldest held his breath, For a time. - Thomas Campbell, Battle of the Baltic Speech is great; but silence is greater. - Thomas Carlyle, Essays--Characteristics of Shakespeare Under all speech that is good for anything three lies a silence that is better. Silence is deep as Eternity; speech is shallow as Time. - Thomas Carlyle, Essays--Memoir of the Life of Scott Silence is more eloquent than words. - Thomas Carlyle, Heroes and Hero Worship (lecture II) Silence is the element in which great things fashion themselves together; that at length they may emerge, full-formed and majestic, into the daylight of Life, which they are thenceforth to rule. - Thomas Carlyle, Sartor Resartus (bk. III, ch. III) There are haunters of the silence, ghosts that hold the heart and brain. - Madison Julius Cawein, Haunters of the Silence When they hold their tongues they cry out. [Lat., Cum tacent clamant.] - Cicero (Marcus Tullius Cicero) (often called "Tully" for short), In Catilinam (1, 8) Silence does not always mark wisdom. - Samuel Taylor Coleridge And they three passed over the white sands, between the rocks, silent as the shadows. - Samuel Taylor Coleridge, The Wanderings of Cain Silence is a friend who will never betray. - Confucius Striving to tell his woes, words would not come; For light cares speak, when mighty griefs are dumb. - Samuel Daniel, Complaint of Rosemond (st. 114) He sees only night, and hears only silence. [Fr., Il ne voit que la nuit, n'entend que le silence.] - Abbe Jacques Delille (Jaques Delisle), Imagination (IV) Silence is the mother of Truth. - Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield, Tancred (bk. IV, ch. IV) A horrid stillness first invades the ear, And in that silence we the tempest fear. - John Dryden, Astroea Redux (l. 7) Displaying page 1 of 5 for this topic: Next >> [1] 2 3 4 5
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