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That silence is one of the great arts of conversation is allowed by Cicero himself, who says, there is not only an art, but even an eloquence in it. - Hannah More, Essays on Various Subjects--Thoughts on Conversation You have not converted a man because you have silenced him. - John Morley, 1st Viscount of Blackburn Silence sweeter is than speech. - Dinah Maria Mulock (used pseudonym Mrs. Craik), Magnus and Morna (sc. 3) Be silent and safe--silence never betrays you. - John Boyle O'Reilly, LL.D. He silent and safe--silence never betrays you. - John Boyle O'Reilly, LL.D., Rules of the Road (st. 2) To be silent is but a small virtue; but it is a serious fault to reveal secrets. - Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso) Slight is the merit of keeping silence on a matter, on the other hand serious is the guilt of talking on things whereon we should be silent. [Lat., Exigua est virtus praestare silentia rebus; At contra, gravis est culpa tacenda loqui.] - Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso), Ars Amatoria (bk. II, 603) But still her silent looks loudly reproached me. [Lat., Sed taciti fecere tamen convicia vultus.] - Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso), Ars Amatoria (I, 574) The silent countenance often speaks. [Lat., Saepe tacens vocem verbaque vultus habet.] - Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso), Ars Amatoria (I, 574) Silence is man's chief learning. - Palladas Silence is a figure of speech, unanswerable, short, cold, but terribly severe. - Theodore Parker Silence sleeping on a waste of ocean. - Percy Somers Payne, Rest True silence is the rest of the mind, and is to the spirit what sleep is to the body, nourishment and refreshment. It is a great virtue: it covers folly, keeps secrets, avoids disputes, and prevents sin. - William Penn A sage thing is timely silence, and better than any speech. - Plutarch Euripides was wont to say, silence was an answer to a wise man; but we seem to have greater occasion for it in our dealing with fools and unreasonable persons; for men of breeding and sense will be satisfied with reason and fair words. - Plutarch Remember what Simonides said,--that he never repented that he had held his tongue, but often that he had spoken. - Plutarch, Morals (vol. I, Rules for the Preservation of Health) Said Periander, "Hesiod might as well have kept his breath to cool his pottage." - Plutarch, Morals (vol. II, The Banquet of the Seven Wise Men) Silence! coeval with eternity! thou wert ere Nature's self began to be; thine was the sway ere heaven was formed on earth, ere fruitful thought conceived creation's birth. - Alexander Pope Had you been silent, you might have passed for a philosopher. - Proverb, (Latin) Speech is silver, but silence is golden. - Proverb Be silent, or say something better than silence. - Pythagoras It is better either to be silent, or to say things of more value than silence. Sooner throw a pearl at hazard than an idle or useless word; and do not say a little in many words, but a great deal in a few. - Pythagoras If thou desire to be held wise, be so wise as to hold thy tongue. - Francis Quarles Silent anguish is the more dangerous. [Fr., La douleur qui se tait n'en est que plus funeste.] - Jean Baptiste Racine, Andromaque (III, 3) No one can take less pains than to hold his tongue. Hear much, and speak little; for the tongue is the instrument of the greatest good and greatest evil that is done in the world. - Sir Walter Raleigh (1) Displaying page 6 of 9 for this topic: << Prev Next >> 1 2 3 4 5 [6] 7 8 9
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