Death unites as well as separates; it silences all paltry feeling.
La mort rapproche autant qu’elle sépare, elle fait taire les passions mesquines.
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Part II, ch. LVII
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To sin by silence, when we should protest,
Makes cowards out of men.
Blessed is the man who, having nothing to say, abstains from giving us wordy evidence of the fact.
There are times when good words are to be left unsaid out of esteem for silence.
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