Quotes in silence

I have often regretted my speech, never my silence.


It is better wither to be silent, or to say things of more value than silence. Sooner throw a pearl at hazard than an idle or useless word; and do not say a little in many words, but a great deal in a few.

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A good word is an easy obligation; but not to speak ill, requires only our silence, which costs nothing.


There is a wide difference between speaking to deceive, and being silent to be impenetrable.

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I have often regretted my speech, never my silence.

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