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The plumber plodded along in silence, like a man who has learned to be polite to lunatics through dealing with civil engineers.

— Lindsey Davis Shadows in Bronze (1990)

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The world is full of people slandering their birthplaces, as if they really believe that small-town life is different elsewhere.

Last Act in Palmyra (1994)

Popular men who laugh at your jokes pose a threat which blatant villains can never command.

The Silver Pigs (1989)

Architectural drawings may look beautiful and be admired by critics but to be good, they have to work in daily use.

A Body in the Bath House (2001)

Never lend if you need repayment; never give where you want a return.

The Course of Honor (1997)

Words are real if other people think they understand their meaning.

Saturnalia (2007)

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To sin by silence, when we should protest,
Makes cowards out of men.

Ella Wheeler Wilcox New Thought Pastels (1913)

Blessed is the man who, having nothing to say, abstains from giving us wordy evidence of the fact.

George Eliot

There are times when good words are to be left unsaid out of esteem for silence.

Benedict of Nursia

I think television has betrayed the meaning of democratic speech, adding visual chaos to the confusion of voices. What role does silence have in all this noise?

Federico Fellini I'm a Born Liar (2003)

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