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Silence Quotes
"Silence is foolish if we are wise, but wise if we are foolish."
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"A small silence came between us, as precise as a picture hanging on the wall."
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"I often regret that I have spoken; never that I have been silent."
62
"The modern habit of doing ceremonial things unceremoniously is no proof of humility; rather it proves the offender's inability to forget himself in the rite, and his readiness to spoil for every one else the proper pleasure of ritual."
62
"Keep quiet and the enemy will reveal himself."
60
"It is better wither to be silent, or to say things of more value than silence. Sooner throw a pearl at hazard than an idle or useless word; and do not say a little in many words, but a great deal in a few."
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"Having not said anything the first time, it was somehow even more difficult to broach the subject the second time around."
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"To a poet, silence is an acceptable response, even a flattering one."
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"The only way to silence a room that's laughing at you is to sort of take over."
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"Let us remember that sorrow alone is the creator of great things."
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"Where I am, I don't know, I'll never know, in the silence you don't know, you must go on, I can't go on, I'll go on."
54
"We believe... that the applause of silence is the only kind that counts."
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"If there's a silence in a room I'll try to fill it as soon as humanly possible."
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"It is not every question that deserves an answer."
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"He who sleeps in continual noise is wakened by silence."
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"An Englishman's never so natural as when he's holding his tongue."
51
"The words of the prophets are written on the subway walls and tenements halls and whispered in the sounds of silence."
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"The most profound statements are often said in silence."
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"I always believed that my silence on several topics will be an advantage in the long run."
50
"Silence and solitude are more distracting to me than chatter and commotion."
49
"A silent night. - the most eloquent poem i have ever read."
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"Let the veil of silence fall presently over what happened afterwards. Silence, too, can speak out."
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"Silence often speaks louder than words. To be heard is nice to be understood is divine."
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"Isabel had gone silent in a way that shouted the silence to me."
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