Quotes About Silence

It is a great misfortune neither to have enough wit to talk well nor enough judgement to be silent.

I have noticed that nothing I never said ever did me any harm.

It is easier to talk than to hold one's tongue.

The pause - that impressive silence, that eloquent silence, that geometrically progressive silence which often achieves a desired effect where no combination of words, howsoever felicitous, could accomplish it.

Silence is more eloquent than words.

Speech is silver; silence is golden.

Still waters run deep.

Vessels never give so great a sound as when they are empty.

It is a great misfortune neither to have enough wit to talk well nor enough judgment to be silent.

Keep quiet and people will think you a philosopher.

Blessed are they who have nothing to say, and who cannot be persuaded to say it.

Be silent and safe - silence never betrays you.

He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life; but he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.

I regret often that I have spoken; never that I have been silent.

The deeper the sorrow the less tongue it hath.

The deeper the sorrow, the less tongue hath it.

The empty vessel makes the greatest sound.

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

Speech is the small change of silence.

If you don't say anything, you won't be called on to repeat it.

In Maine we have a saying that there's no point in speaking unless you can improve on silence.

Let him now speak, or else hereafter for ever hold his peace.

Speech is silvern, silence is golden.

They think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.