Quotations By Famous People

Quotations By Famous People

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An horrible stilness first invades our ear, And in that silence we the tempest fear.
-- John Dryden (1631-1700) English poet, critic, and playwright, Astrea Redux...
Blessed is the man who, having nothing to say, abstains from giving us worthy evidence of the fact.
-- George Eliot (1819-1880) English writer, Impressions of Theophratus Such...
Never forget that when we are silent, we are one. And when we speak we are two.
-- Indira Gandhi (1917-1984) Indian prime ministe...
Silence is wonderful to listen to. -- Thomas Hardy (1840-1928) English novelist and poe
A man is known by the silence he keeps. -- Oliver Herford
You can't improve on saying nothing. -- Golda Meir (1898-1978) Israeli prime ministe
The mouth keeps silent to hear the heart speak.
-- Alfred De Musset (1810-1857) French poet and playwright, La Nuit de Mai...
If you want others to have a good opinion of you, say nothing.
-- Blaise Pascal (1623-1662) French mathematician, physicist, and moralist, Pensee...
Universal silence must be taken to imply the consent of the people.
-- Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778) French philosopher and novleist, Du Contrat Social...
Where silence is not allowed, what then is permissible?
-- Seneca (4 BCE-CE 65) Roman philosopher and poet, Oedipu...

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