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Round numbers are always false.
Round numbers are always false.
Great souls endure in silence.
Great souls endure in silence.
The silent influence of books, is a mighty power in the world; and there is a joy in reading them read more
The silent influence of books, is a mighty power in the world; and there is a joy in reading them known only to those who read them with desire and enthusiasm. Silent, passive, and noiseless though they be, they yet set in action countless multitudes, and change the order of nations.
 You lie--under a mistake--
 For this is the most civil sort of lie
  That can be given read more 
 You lie--under a mistake--
 For this is the most civil sort of lie
  That can be given to a man's face, I now
   Say what I think. 
Music and silence combine strongly because music is done with silence, and silence is full of music.
Music and silence combine strongly because music is done with silence, and silence is full of music.
Silence is argument carried on by other means.
Silence is argument carried on by other means.
Because in the school of the Spirit man learns wisdom through humility, knowledge by forgetting, how to speak by silence, read more
Because in the school of the Spirit man learns wisdom through humility, knowledge by forgetting, how to speak by silence, how to live by dying.
Silence is argument carried out by other means.
Silence is argument carried out by other means.
The liar's punishment is not in the least that he is not believed, but that he cannot believe anyone else.
The liar's punishment is not in the least that he is not believed, but that he cannot believe anyone else.