Silence Quotes
Put a bridle on thy tongue; set a guard before thy lips, lest the words of thine own mouth destroy thy peace...On much speaking cometh repentance, but in silence is safety.
Alfieri, Vittorio
There is a silence, the child of love, which expresses everything, and proclaims more loudly than the tongue is able to do.
Carlyle, Thomas
Under all speech that is good for anything there lies a silence that is better, Silence is deep as Eternity; speech is shallow as Time.
Eliot, George
Blessed is the man who, having nothing to say, abstains from giving in words evidence of the fact.
Emerson, Ralph Waldo
Let us be silent, that we may hear the whispers of the gods.
Shaw, George Bernard
Silence is the most perfect expression of scorn.
Wittgenstan, Ludwig
Of what one cannot speak of that one must keep silent.
Zeno
Choose silence of all virtues, for by it you hear other men's imperfections, and conceal your own.