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The mind contracts herself and shrinketh in, And to herself she gladly doth retire.
The mind contracts herself and shrinketh in, And to herself she gladly doth retire.
He had occasional flashes of silence that made his conversation perfectly delightful.
He had occasional flashes of silence that made his conversation perfectly delightful.
The silente man still suffers wrong.
The silente man still suffers wrong.
Great souls endure in silence.
Great souls endure in 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.
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?
He that would live in peace and at ease, must not speak all he knows, nor judge all he sees.
He that would live in peace and at ease, must not speak all he knows, nor judge all he sees.
Silence is a source of great strength.
Silence is a source of great strength.
 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.