Silence Quotes
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In Maine we have a saying that there's no point in speaking unless you can improve on silence.
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The iron hand of necessity commands, and her stern decree is supreme law, to which the gods even must submit. In deep silence rules the uncounselled sister of eternal fate. Whatever she lays upon thee, endure; perform whatever she commands.
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Do not be afraid because the, community teems with excitement. Silence and death are dreadful. The rush of life, the vigor of earnest men, the conflict of realities, invigorate, cleanse, and establish the truth.
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I wash my hands of those who imagine chattering to be knowledge, silence to be ignorance, and affection to be art.
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The air is bright with hues of light And rich with laughter and with singing: Young hearts beat high in ecstasy, And banners wave, and bells are ringing: But silence falls with fading day, And there's an end to mirth and play. Ah, well-a-day!
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To make the right choices in life, you have to get in touch with your soul. To do this, you need to experience solitude, which most people are afraid of, because in the silence you hear the truth and know the solutions.
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The scandal of the world is what makes the offence; it is not sinful to sin in silence.
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There is no balking genius. Only death can silence it or hinder.
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For sin is just this, what man cannot by its very nature do with his whole being; it is possible to silence the conflict in the soul, but it is not possible to uproot it.
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Silence is not what democracy needs. Right now we have an election where, even the supporters of Hillary Clinton, the majority don't support Hillary; they just oppose Donald Trump. And the majority of Donald Trump supporters don't support him; they just oppose Hillary.
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Who shall silence all the airs and madrigals that whisper softness in chambers?
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By silence, I hear other men's imperfections and conceal my own.
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There are people who kind of let you know that you can silence the room.
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Euripides was wont to say, 'Silence is an answer to a wise man.'
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Grave silence is far more powerful than the same old voices yapping away.
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If nothing else is left, one must scream. Silence is the real crime against humanity.
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It is difficult to live among people because silence is so difficult.
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They took to silence. They touched each other without comment and without progression. A hand on a hand, a clothed arm, resting on an arm. An ankle overlapping an ankle, as they sat on a beach, and not removed. One night they fell asleep, side by side... He slept curled against her back, a dark comma against her pale elegant phrase.
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That man's silence is wonderful to listen to.
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With Citizens United, the Supreme Court's declaration that corporations are people, the whims of one can silence the voices of millions.
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The after-silence, when the feast is o'er,And void the places where the minstrels stood,Differs in nought from what hath been before,And is nor ill nor good.
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My grief lies all within, And these external manners of lament Are merely shadows to the unseen grief That swells with silence in the tortured soul.
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A person who finds silence and solitude boring is a person who is himself boring, empty of anything worth consideration.
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Above anything, welcome silence, for it brings fruits that no tongue can speak of, neither can it be explained.
