Well-timed silence is the most commanding expression.

Well-timed silence is the most commanding expression.

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.]

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.

I am better able to retract what I did not say than what I did.

I am better able to retract what I did not say than what I did.

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.]

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.

Sometimes one creates a dynamic impression by saying something, and sometimes one creates as significant an impression by remaining silent.

Sometimes one creates a dynamic impression by saying something, and sometimes one creates as significant an impression by remaining silent.

All Heaven and Earth are still, though not in sleep,
But breathless, as we grow when feeling most.

All Heaven and Earth are still, though not in sleep,
But breathless, as we grow when feeling most.

Silence is argument carried on by other means.

Silence is argument carried on by other means.