Monday, November 15, 2004

[quote] Silence

"Silence is better than unmeaning words."
(Pythagoras)

"Silence is as deep as eternity; speech, shallow as time."
(Thomas Carlyle)

"Talking comes by nature, silence by wisdom."
(Anonymous)

"Speaking comes by nature, silence by understanding."
(German proverb)

"After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing
the inexpressible is music."

(Aldous Huxley)

"True silence is the rest of the mind, and is to the spirit
what sleep is to the body, nourishment and refreshment."

(William Penn)

"True friendship comes when the silence
between two people is comfortable."

(Anonymous)

"We will remember not the words of our enemies,
but the silence of our friends."

(Martin Luther King)

"He who does not understand your silence
will probably not understand your words."

(Elbert Hubbard)

"Well-timed silence hath more eloquence than speech."
(Martin Fraquhar Tupper)

"Silence is the ultimate weapon of power."
(Charles de Gaulle)

"A man who lives right, and is right, has more power
in his silence than another has by his words."

(Phillip Brooks)

"Silence is one of the great arts of conversation."
(Marcus Tullius Cicero)

"The real art of conversation is not only to say
the right thing in the right place but to leave
unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment."

(Lady Dorothy Nevill)

"Genius is knowing to stay silent
as others demonstrate ignorance."

(Eric Lau)

"It's better to remain silent and be thought a fool,
than to speak and remove all doubt."

(Abraham Lincoln)


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Peaceful Pensive Pedro :)

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