silence Quotes

“no person is your friend (or kin) who demands your silence, or denies your right to grow and be perceived as fully blossomed as you were intended.”

― Alice Walker, In Search of Our Mothers' Gardens

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“For all evils there are two remedies—time and silence.”

― Alexandre Dumas, The Count of Monte Cristo

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“Half of seeming clever is keeping your mouth shut at the right times.”

― Patrick Rothfuss, The Wise Man's Fear

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“Be check'd for silence, but never tax'd for speech.”

― William Shakespeare, All's Well That Ends Well

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“Silence is the snare of the demon, and the more one keeps silent, the more terrifying the demon becomes; but silence is also the mutual understanding between the Deity and the individual.”

― Søren Kierkegaard, Fear and Trembling

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“Our toil must be in silence, and our efforts all in secret. For in this enlightened age, when men believe not even what they see, the doubting of wise men would be his greatest strength.”

― Bram Stoker, Dracula

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“The silence depressed me. It wasn't the silence of silence. It was my own silence.”

― Sylvia Plath, The Bell Jar

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“Silence is not always tact and it is tact that is golden, not silence.”

― Samuel Butler, The Note-Books of Samuel Butler

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“Let us have the luxury of silence.”

― Jane Austen, Mansfield Park

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“The silence often of pure innocence persuades when speaking fails.”

― William Shakespeare, The Winter's Tale

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