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Samuel Butler on Silence

1835–1902 England

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

The Note-Books of Samuel Butler (1912)

“Silence,” it has been said by one writer, “is a virtue which renders us agreeable to our fellow-creatures.”

Erewhon (1872)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Samuel Butler (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.