Silence is the understanding of fools and one of the virtues of the wise.
—Bernard de Bonnard
Showing posts with label silence. Show all posts
Showing posts with label silence. Show all posts
Thursday, September 19, 2019
Tuesday, November 20, 2018
Monday, November 19, 2018
Post #2701
It is only reason that teaches silence. The heart teaches us to speak.
—Jean Paul Richter
—Jean Paul Richter
Monday, April 30, 2018
Thursday, December 17, 2015
Post #1969
Of all virtues, Zeno made choice of silence; for by it, said he, I hear other men's imperfections, and conceal my own.
—Rule of Life
Wednesday, February 11, 2015
Post #1748
Nothing is more becoming a man than silence. It is not the preaching but the practice which ought to be considered as the more important. A profusion of words is sure to lead to error.
—The Talmud
—The Talmud
Monday, May 13, 2013
Post #1252
Blessed is the man, who, having nothing to say, abstains from giving in words evidence of the fact.
—George Eliot
Tuesday, April 02, 2013
Post #1223
The pause - that impressive silence, that eloquent silence, that geometrically progressive silence which often achieves a desired effect where no combination of words, howsoever felicitous, could accomplish it.
—Mark Twain
—Mark Twain
Friday, February 01, 2013
Post #1179
The right word may be effective, but no word was ever so effective as a rightly timed pause.
—Mark Twain
Monday, March 05, 2012
Post #882
It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.
—Maurice Switzer
A deadly viper once bit a hole snipe's hide; But 'twas the viper, not the snipe, that died.
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