If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.
Fools talk, cowards are silent, wise men listen.
Silence is worse; all truths that are kept silent become poisonous.
The great silent majority.
Can thought be silent?
A well-bred youth neither speakes of himselfe, nor being spoken to is silent.
The moon shines bright. In such a night as this. When the sweet wind did gently kiss the trees and they did make no noise, in such a night.
Who does not understand should either learn, or be silent.
every word calls up far more of a picture than its actual meaning is supposed to do, and the writer has to deal with all these silent associations as well as with the uttered significance.
He knows not when to be silent who knows not when to speak.
Indifference to evil is more insidious than evil itself. It is a silent justification affording evil acceptability in society.
I may be arrested, I may be tried and thrown into jail, but I never will be silent.
I prefer silent prudence to loquacious folly. [Lat., Malo indisertam prudentiam, quam loquacem stultitiam.]
Silent people are dangerous; others are not so. [Fr., Les gens sans bruit sont dangereux; Il n'en est pas ainsi des autres.]
The silent treasuring up of knowledge; learning without satiety; and instructing others without being wearied: which one of these things belongs to me?
Without tact you can learn nothing. Tact teaches you when to be silent. Inquirers who are always questioning never learn anything.
Painting is silent poetry.
It is safer to be silent than to reveal one's secret to any one, and telling him not to mention it.
Keep silent, because the world of silence is a vast fullness
A fair exterior is a silent recommendation.
Thou, silent form, dost tease us out of thought As doth eternity.
The truth is silent. The truth doesn't come with words. It's something that I just know; it's something that I can feel without words, and it's called silent knowledge.
You plan to be a challenge, do you?" Juliana smiled angelically. "I agreed to remain, my lord. Not to remain silent.
Being silent isn't being strong, it's being a victim.
Hide your secret even from the closest friend; learn to be silent.
