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Silence in love bewrays more woe Than words, though ne'er so witty, A beggar that is dumb, you know, May challenge double pity. - Sir Walter Raleigh (1), The Silent Lover (st. 9) It is only reason that teaches silence. The heart teaches us to speak. - Jean Paul Friedrich Richter (Johann Paul Richter) (used ps. Jean Paul) Silence never yet betrayed any one! - Antoine de Rivarol, Comte de Rivarol Silence more musical than any song. - Christina Georgina Rossetti, Sonnet--Rest The deepest rivers flow with the least sound. [Lat., Altissima quaeque flumina minimo sono labuntur.] - Quintus Curtius Rufus (Curtis Rufus Quintus), De Rebus Gestis Alexandri Magni (VII, 4, 13) A judicious silence is always better than truth spoken without charity. - Saint Francis de Sales It is better to remain silent than to speak the truth ill-humoredly, and spoil an excellent dish by covering it with bad sauce. - Saint Francis de Sales Great souls suffer in silence. [Ger., Doch grosse Seelen dulden still.] - Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller, Don Carlos (I, 4, 52) Bekker is silent in seven languages. [Ger., Bekker schweigt in sieben Sprachen.] - Friedrich Ernst Daniel Schleiermacher, see "Letter of Zelter" to Goethe Wise Men say nothing in dangerous times. - John Selden, Table Talk--Wisdom Silence is learned by the many misfortunes of life. [Lat., Tacere multis discitur vitae malis.] - Seneca (Lucius Annaeus Seneca), Thyestes (319) I'll speak to thee in silence. - William Shakespeare O, my Antonio, I do know of these, That therefore only are reputed wise, For saying nothing. - William Shakespeare Silence is only commendable In a neat's tongue dried, and a maid not vendible. - William Shakespeare Silence often of pure innocence Persuades, when speaking fails. - William Shakespeare Still as the peaceful walks of ancient night; silent as are the lamps that burn on tombs. - William Shakespeare With silence, nephew, be thou politic. - William Shakespeare Be checked for silence, But never taxed for speech. - William Shakespeare, All's Well That Ends Well (Countess of Rossillion at I, i) O Imogen, I'll speak to thee in silence. - William Shakespeare, Cymbeline (Posthumus at V, iv) He has my dying voice. So tell him, with th' occurrents, more or less, Which have solicited--the rest is silence. - William Shakespeare, Hamlet Prince of Denmark (Hamlet at V, ii), Hamlet's last words Smooth runs the water where the brook is deep, And in his simple show he harbors treason. - William Shakespeare, King Henry the Sixth, Part II (Suffolk at III, i) Smooth runs the water where the brook is deep. - William Shakespeare, King Henry the Sixth, Part II (Suffolk at III, i) Nothing will come of nothing. Speak again. - William Shakespeare, King Lear (King Lear at I, i) Silence is the perfectest herald of joy. I were but little happy if I could say how much. - William Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing (Claudio at II, i) I did never know so full a voice issue from so empty a heart; but the saying is true, 'The empty vessel makes the greatest sound.' - William Shakespeare, The Life of King Henry the Fifth (Boy at IV, v) Displaying page 7 of 9 for this topic: << Prev Next >> 1 2 3 4 5 6 [7] 8 9
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