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He that would live in peace and at ease, must not speak all he knows, nor judge all he sees.

He that would live in peace and at ease, must not speak all he knows, nor judge all he sees.

by Benjamin Franklin Found in: Silence Quotes,
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It is better to be silent, and be thought a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt.

It is better to be silent, and be thought a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt.

by Silvan Engel Found in: Silence Quotes,
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Women speak because they wish to speak, whereas a man speaks only when driven to speech by something outside himself-like, read more

Women speak because they wish to speak, whereas a man speaks only when driven to speech by something outside himself-like, for instance, he can't find any clean socks

by Jean Kerr Found in: Speech Quotes,
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Speech is great; but silence is greater.

Speech is great; but silence is greater.

by Thomas Carlyle Found in: Silence Quotes,
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It takes two to speak truth, one to speak and another to hear.

It takes two to speak truth, one to speak and another to hear.

by Henry David Thoreau Found in: Speech Quotes,
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Seeing then that we have such hope, we use great plainness of
speech:
And not as Moses, which read more

Seeing then that we have such hope, we use great plainness of
speech:
And not as Moses, which put a vail over his face, that the
children of Israel could not stedfastly look to the end of that
which is abolished:
But their minds were blinded: for until this day remaineth the
same vail untaken away in the reading of the old testament; which
vail is done away in Christ.

by Bible Found in: Speech Quotes,
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Deep vengeance is the daughter of deep silence.
[It., Alta vendetta
D'alto silenzio e figlia.]

Deep vengeance is the daughter of deep silence.
[It., Alta vendetta
D'alto silenzio e figlia.]

by Vittorio Alfieri Found in: Silence Quotes,
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These be three silent things: The Falling snow... the hour before the dawn... the mouth of one just dead.

These be three silent things: The Falling snow... the hour before the dawn... the mouth of one just dead.

by Adelaide Crapsey Found in: Silence Quotes,
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Speech is human nature itself, with none of the artificiality of written language.

Speech is human nature itself, with none of the artificiality of written language.

by Alfred North Whitehead Found in: Speech Quotes,
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