Silence is the genius of fools and one of the virtues of the
wise.
[Fr., Le silence est read more

Silence is the genius of fools and one of the virtues of the
wise.
[Fr., Le silence est l'esprit des sots, et l'une des vertus du
sage.]

If you keep your mouth shut you will never put your foot in it.

If you keep your mouth shut you will never put your foot in it.

It ain't a bad plan to keep still occasionally even when you know what you're talking about.

It ain't a bad plan to keep still occasionally even when you know what you're talking about.

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.

In silence man can most readily preserve his integrity.

In silence man can most readily preserve his integrity.

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.

And they three passed over the white sands, between the rocks,
silent as the shadows.

And they three passed over the white sands, between the rocks,
silent as the shadows.

When they hold their tongues they cry out.
[Lat., Cum tacent clamant.]

When they hold their tongues they cry out.
[Lat., Cum tacent clamant.]

An now the silences come in a single lifetime, in a single year... when species die, leaving a silent space read more

An now the silences come in a single lifetime, in a single year... when species die, leaving a silent space in the world song that can never be filled.