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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.
Spiteful words can hurt your feelings but silence breaks your heart.
Spiteful words can hurt your feelings but silence breaks your heart.
But silence never shows itself to so great an advantage, as when
it is made the reply to calumny read more
But silence never shows itself to so great an advantage, as when
it is made the reply to calumny and defamation, provided that we
give no just occasion for them.
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.]
Take heede of still waters, the quick passe away.
[Take heed of still waters, they quick pass away.]
Take heede of still waters, the quick passe away.
[Take heed of still waters, they quick pass away.]
The more you know the less you need to say.
The more you know the less you need to say.
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.
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.
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.
