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Sophocles on Silence

497 BC–405 BC Greece

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One who holds all things meet to utter, knowing no barrier betwixt speech and silence.

Shame brings but little help in evil things,
For silence is the speaker's best ally.

To me so deep a silence portends some dread event; a clamorous sorrow wastes itself in sound.

Know'st thou not
That silence but admits the accuser's charge?

Woman, to women silence is the best ornament.

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