Silence Quotes
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Euripides was wont to say, 'Silence is an answer to a wise man.'
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Nothing at times is more expressive than silence.
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Silence is the best answer to a fool.
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The silence often of pure innocence persuades when speaking fails.
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There is no balking genius. Only death can silence it or hinder.
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Above anything, welcome silence, for it brings fruits that no tongue can speak of, neither can it be explained.
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My idea of fun is to sit looking at a blank wall in a cottage, making up stories in utter silence. The thought of going back to work in an office is horrendous.
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Silence is of different kinds, and breathes different meanings.
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you must cry out if you want help. It is no use whatsoever to suffer in silence. Who will succour the drowning man if he does not clamour for his life?
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To the seeker after pearls, silence is a speaking argument, for no breath comes forth from the diver of the sea.
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It's impossible to put a video online without hoards of anonymous men picking apart your appearance or saying especially cruel things. It works to silence women who shouldn't be scared of sharing their opinions with others.
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I have to respect my life, and free expression is part of my life. I can never really silence myself.
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It takes solitude under the stars, for us to be reminded of our eternal origin and our far destiny.
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That man's silence is wonderful to listen to.
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Anger is simply momentary madness, and sometimes there is strength in silence. After all, he is only throwing words, not stones.
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It isn't silence you can cut with a knife any more, it's interchange of ideas. Intelligent discussion of practically everything is what is breaking up modern marriage.
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The greatest sound in the theater is silence.
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The eternal silence of these infinite spaces frightens me.
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As editor, I think we need to act more decisively on what kind of material appears on the 'Guardian'. Those who argue that this is an affront to freedom of speech miss the point. That freedom counts for little if it is used to silence others.
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Le silence est la plus grande perse cution: jamais les saints ne se sont tus. Silence is the greatest of all persecutions: no saint was ever silent.
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Courage isn't simply a matter of leading charges: sometimes it consists in speaking up, sometimes in stoic silence, sometimes in forging ahead, sometimes in circumspection, and sometimes in nothing less than preserving our own humanity.
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But there is a Pope in the breast of each of us whom is hard to silence. Long ago a lady said to me, when I asked her the composers she liked: 'Dvorak.' I said before I could stop myself: 'Dvorak!' How many times, and with what shame, I’ve remembered it. And now I like Dvorak...
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We had forgotten the art of using silence to convey emotions in our films and that's what you seem to have mastered. You've used silence to great advantage in the film. It's brilliant.
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All persons who are enthusiastic that they should transcend the other animals ought to strive with the utmost effort not to pass through a life of silence, like cattle, which nature has fashioned to be prone and obedient to their stomachs.
