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A wise old owl sat on an oak; The more he saw the less he spoke; The less he spoke read more
A wise old owl sat on an oak; The more he saw the less he spoke; The less he spoke the more he heard; Why aren't we like that wise old bird?
Well-timed silence is the most commanding expression.
Well-timed silence is the most commanding expression.
Silences make the real conversations between friends. Not the saying but the never needing to say is what counts.
Silences make the real conversations between friends. Not the saying but the never needing to say is what counts.
The silente man still suffers wrong.
The silente man still suffers wrong.
Deep vengeance is the daughter of deep silence.
[It., Alta vendetta
D'alto silenzio e figlia.]
Deep vengeance is the daughter of deep silence.
[It., Alta vendetta
D'alto silenzio e figlia.]
Silence is argument carried on by other means.
Silence is argument carried on by other means.
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.
Silence is the element in which great things fashion themselves
together; that at length they may emerge, full-formed and read more
Silence is the element in which great things fashion themselves
together; that at length they may emerge, full-formed and
majestic, into the daylight of Life, which they are thenceforth
to rule.
It is better to be silent, and be thought a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt.
It is better to be silent, and be thought a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt.
