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Well-timed silence is the most commanding expression.
Well-timed silence is the most commanding expression.
Spiteful words can hurt your feelings but silence breaks your heart.
Spiteful words can hurt your feelings but silence breaks your heart.
Sometimes silence is not golden--just yellow.
Sometimes silence is not golden--just yellow.
What she doesn't say is just as important as what she does say -- but there's so much more of read more
What she doesn't say is just as important as what she does say -- but there's so much more of it. I think from now on I'm going to stick to what she actually does say because I don't have that kind of time.
Speech is great; but silence is greater.
Speech is great; but silence is greater.
He sees only night, and hears only silence.
[Fr., Il ne voit que la nuit, n'entend que le silence.]
He sees only night, and hears only silence.
[Fr., Il ne voit que la nuit, n'entend que le silence.]
If you don't say anything, you won't be called on to repeat it.
If you don't say anything, you won't be called on to repeat it.
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.
