Much they would like to share their joy at some triumph or their grief at some overwhelming sadness, it's always best and safest to keep silent.
- Paulo Coelho
We should keep silent about those in power; to speak well of them almost implies flattery; to speak ill of them while they are alive is dangerous, and when they are dead is cowardly.
- Jean De La Bruyere
Whether or not God is dead: it is impossible to keep silent about him who was there for so long.
- Elias Canetti
If what one has to say is not better than silence, then one should keep silent.
- Confucius
I see no reason to keep silent about my enjoyment of the sound of my own voice as I work.
- Muriel Spark
It is not easy to keep silent when silence is a lie.
- Victor Hugo
The wise man knows when to keep silent. Only the fool tells all he knows.
- Neil Gaiman
Grown-ups didn't seem to realize that for me, as for most other schoolboys, it was easier to keep silent than to speak. I was a natural oyster.
- L P Hartley
Speak openly. There is no one I trust more than Lutian. (Adara)
He's a half-wit, my queen. (Xerus)
Half-wit, whole-wit, I have enough of them to know to keep silent. So speak, good counselor, and let the queen judge which of the two of us is the greater fool present. (Lutian)
- Kinley Macgregor
I no longer believe that we can keep silent. We never really do, mind you.
- Azar Nafisi
We need a reason to speak but none to keep silent.
- Pierre Nicole
keep silent..
the most beautiful voice ,
is the talk of your hand
on the table.
..
- Nizar Qabbani
Don't try to steer the boat.
Don't open shop for yourself. Listen. Keep silent.
You are not God's mouthpiece. Try to be an ear,
And if you do speak, ask for explanations.
- Rumi
One learns in life to keep silent and draw one's own confusions.
- Cornelia Otis Skinner
The man dies in all who keep silent in the face of tyranny.
- Wole Soyinka
The man dies in all those that keep silent.
- Wole Soyinka
See and keep silent.
- Francis Walsingham
- Paulo Coelho
We should keep silent about those in power; to speak well of them almost implies flattery; to speak ill of them while they are alive is dangerous, and when they are dead is cowardly.
- Jean De La Bruyere
Whether or not God is dead: it is impossible to keep silent about him who was there for so long.
- Elias Canetti
If what one has to say is not better than silence, then one should keep silent.
- Confucius
I see no reason to keep silent about my enjoyment of the sound of my own voice as I work.
- Muriel Spark
It is not easy to keep silent when silence is a lie.
- Victor Hugo
The wise man knows when to keep silent. Only the fool tells all he knows.
- Neil Gaiman
Grown-ups didn't seem to realize that for me, as for most other schoolboys, it was easier to keep silent than to speak. I was a natural oyster.
- L P Hartley
Speak openly. There is no one I trust more than Lutian. (Adara)
He's a half-wit, my queen. (Xerus)
Half-wit, whole-wit, I have enough of them to know to keep silent. So speak, good counselor, and let the queen judge which of the two of us is the greater fool present. (Lutian)
- Kinley Macgregor
I no longer believe that we can keep silent. We never really do, mind you.
- Azar Nafisi
We need a reason to speak but none to keep silent.
- Pierre Nicole
keep silent..
the most beautiful voice ,
is the talk of your hand
on the table.
..
- Nizar Qabbani
Don't try to steer the boat.
Don't open shop for yourself. Listen. Keep silent.
You are not God's mouthpiece. Try to be an ear,
And if you do speak, ask for explanations.
- Rumi
One learns in life to keep silent and draw one's own confusions.
- Cornelia Otis Skinner
The man dies in all who keep silent in the face of tyranny.
- Wole Soyinka
The man dies in all those that keep silent.
- Wole Soyinka
See and keep silent.
- Francis Walsingham
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