A man is known by the silence he keeps.Oliver HerfordAttributed in the original GADEL collection
Silence Quotes and Sayings
Short selections recovered from GADEL’s original collection. Wording is kept as found; the archived attribution is not a verification of authorship.
A good word is an easy obligation; but not to speak ill requires only our silence, which costs us nothing.John TillotsonAttributed in the original GADEL collection
Silences make the real conversations between friends. Not the saying but the never needing to say is what counts.Margaret Lee RunbeckAttributed in the original GADEL collection
There are times when silence has the loudest voice.Leroy BrownlowAttributed in the original GADEL collection
Music and silence combine strongly because music is done with silence, and silence is full of music.Marcel MarceauAttributed in the original GADEL collection
Silence is one of the hardest arguments to refute.Josh BillingsAttributed in the original GADEL collection
Silence is one of the great arts of conversation.Marcus Tullius CiceroAttributed in the original GADEL collection
Under all speech that is good for anything there lies a silence that is better. Silence is deep as Eternity; speech is shallow as Time.Thomas CarlyleAttributed in the original GADEL collection
The best answer to anger is silence.AnonymousTraditional attribution
Lying is done with words and also with silence.Adrienne RichAttributed in the original GADEL collection
When you have nothing to say, say nothing.Charles Caleb ColtonAttributed in the original GADEL collection
Silence is more musical than any song.Christina G. RossettiAttributed in the original GADEL collection
Silence is better than unmeaning words.PythagorasAttributed in the original GADEL collection
Silence is true wisdom’s best reply.EuripidesAttributed in the original GADEL collection
Silence is the mother of truth.Benjamin DisraeliAttributed in the original GADEL collection
Don’t speak unless you can improve on the silence.Spanish proverbTraditional attribution
Silence is a fence around wisdom.German proverbTraditional attribution
No wisdom like silence.Chinese proverbTraditional attribution
Silence surpasses speech.Japanese proverbTraditional attribution
Well-timed silence is the most commanding expression.African proverbTraditional attribution
Silence answers much.Dutch proverbTraditional attribution
He who cannot keep silence cannot speak.Swedish proverbTraditional attribution
Speech is silver, but silence is golden.English proverbTraditional attribution
Silence is also speech.Yiddish proverbTraditional attribution
Silence is a cure for grief.Arab proverbTraditional attribution
Wisdom consists of ten parts: nine parts silence, and one part a few words.Arabian proverbTraditional attribution
Silence cannot be misquoted.African proverbTraditional attribution
Silence is a wonderful jewel for a woman but she seldom wears it.Danish proverbTraditional attribution
If a word be worth one shekel, silence is worth two.Hebrew proverbTraditional attribution
The spoken word sometimes loses what silence has won.Spanish proverbTraditional attribution
Silence is music to a wise man.Turkish proverbTraditional attribution
Silence is the best answer to the stupid. The fool has his answer on the tip of his tongue.Arabian proverbTraditional attribution
Great things can best be said in silence.Polish proverbTraditional attribution
He who knows much speaks with silence.Amharic proverbTraditional attribution
Sometimes silence is the proper answer.Estonian proverbTraditional attribution
Silence has a mighty noise.Botswana proverbTraditional attribution
Be silent, or say something better than silence.German proverbTraditional attribution
Silence is the most powerful scream.AnonymousTraditional attribution
After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music.Aldous HuxleyAttributed in the original GADEL collection
Original collection & source
Original title: Silence Quotes and Sayings
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