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Silence best speaks the mind.

— Phineas Fletcher Piscatorie Eclogues (1633)

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He is as cowardly
Who longer fears to live, as he who fears to die.

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In Heaven they scorned to serve, so now in Hell they reign.

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Beauty when most unclothed is clothed best.

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Poorly (poor man) he lived; poorly (poor man) he died.

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Who bathes in worldly joys, swims in a world of fears.

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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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