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The mind contracts herself and shrinketh in, And to herself she gladly doth retire.
The mind contracts herself and shrinketh in, And to herself she gladly doth retire.
Silence is the most powerful scream.
Silence is the most powerful scream.
It ain't a bad plan to keep still occasionally even when you know what you're talking about.
It ain't a bad plan to keep still occasionally even when you know what you're talking about.
Silence is the genius of fools and one of the virtues of the
wise.
[Fr., Le silence est read more
Silence is the genius of fools and one of the virtues of the
wise.
[Fr., Le silence est l'esprit des sots, et l'une des vertus du
sage.]
A horrid stillness first invades the ear,
And in that silence we the tempest fear.
A horrid stillness first invades the ear,
And in that silence we the tempest fear.
The ideal man is his own best friend and takes delight in privacy.
The ideal man is his own best friend and takes delight in privacy.
But silence never shows itself to so great an advantage, as when
it is made the reply to calumny read more
But silence never shows itself to so great an advantage, as when
it is made the reply to calumny and defamation, provided that we
give no just occasion for them.
If you don't say anything, you won't be called on to repeat it.
If you don't say anything, you won't be called on to repeat it.
