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Come then, expressive Silence. - James Thomson (1) In human intercourse the tragedy begins, not when there is misunderstanding about words, but when silence is not understood. - Henry David Thoreau Well-timed silence hath more eloquence than speech. - Martin Farquhar Tupper There is nothing wherein their womanliness is more honestly garnished than with silence. - Nicholas Udall (Uvedale) He [Xenocrates] said that he had often repented speaking, but never of holding his tongue. [Lat., Dixisse me, inquit, aliquando poentuit, tacuisse nunquam.] - Valerius Maximus bk. VII, 2, ext. 7 Her full heart--its own interpreter--translates itself in silence on her cheek. - Mrs. Amelia Ball Welby (nee Coppuck) To be silent is sometimes an art, yet not so great a one as certain people would have us believe, who are wisest they are most silent. - Christoph Martin Wieland He knew the precise psychological moment when to say nothing. - Oscar Wilde (Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde) No sound is uttered,--but a deep And solemn harmony pervades The hollow vale from steep to steep, And penetrates the glades. - William Wordsworth, Composed upon an Evening of Extraordinary Splendour and Beauty Our noisy years seem moments in the being Of the eternal Silence. - William Wordsworth, Intimations of Immortality (IX) The silence that is in the starry sky. - William Wordsworth, Song of the Feast of Brougham Castle I think it better that in times like these a poet's mouth be silent, for in truth we have no gift to set a statesman right. - William Butler Yeats By silence, I hear other men's imperfections and conceal my own. - Zeno Silence is a trick when it imposes. Pedants and scholars, churchmen and physicians, abound in silent pride. - Johann Georg von Zimmermann Silence is the safest response for all the contradiction that arises from impertinence, vulgarity, or envy. - Johann Georg von Zimmermann Displaying page 9 of 9 for this topic: << Prev 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 [9]
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