Quotes About Silence

A closed mouth catches no flies.

Think not that when thou art dry and darksom in the presence of God, with faith and silence, that thou do'st nothing, that thou losest time, and that thou are idle, because not to wait on God, according to the saying of St. Bernard (Tom.5.in Fract. de vit. solit.c.8.p. 90.), is the greatest idleness

Sometimes to be silent is to lie.

Não tenho medo das palavras, mas calo-me.

La única verdad es el hombre fisiológico, el que no habla, el que no miente ...»

Conque tu hermano Lázaro —me decía Don Manuel— se empeña en que leas? Pues lee, hija mía, lee y dale así gusto. Sé que no has de leer sino cosa buena; lee aunque sea novelas. No son mejores las historias que llaman verdaderas. Vale más que leas que no el que te alimentes de chismes y comadrerías del pueblo. Pero lee sobre todo libros de piedad que te den contento de vivir, un contento apacible y silencioso.

Pues porque a la gente le gusta la conversación por la conversación misma, aunque no diga nada

At times to be silent is to lie. You will win because you have enough brute force. But you will not convince. For to convince you need to persuade. And in order to persuade you would need what you lack: Reason and Right

Men shout to avoid listening to one another.

Sometimes, to remain silent is to lie, since silence can be interpreted as assent.

O que o acordou foi o silêncio.

Nada disto tu viste, nada te contei, nada é teu.

Cláudia, não precisas de falar só porque vamos calados. A coisa mais difícil e mais bonita de partilhar entre duas pessoas é o silêncio.

Escrever é usar as palavras que se guardaram: se tu falares demais, já não escreves, porque não te resta nada para dizer.

Vitoria il judeca pe Lipan. Avea ea sa-i spuie multe, si le spunea, fara sa miste buzele si limba. I le spunea din launtru, cu banuieli si suferinti vechi.

One does not get to be a man by getting married, by having sex: to be a man means to be responsible, to know when it is time to speak, to know what has to be said, to know when one must stay silent.

Stryj Haakani kazaÅ' babie by? cicho, co powinno by? gÅ'ównÄ… rolÄ… kobiet na tym padole Å'ez, zwÅ'aszcza w obecnoÅ›ci m??czyzn.

BrzmiaÅ'o to dokÅ'adnie jak jego ciotka, która zmarÅ'a jesieniÄ… zeszÅ'ego roku, gÅ'os szeptaÅ': - Paska... paska... A potem ucichÅ' tajemniczo.

Sometimes what hurts more than your enemies hating you is your friends and family remaining silent in a time of need.

I shuddered at the thought and from that point on did my best to stop thinking.

I keep quiet and she keeps quiet too, until we use up all the quiet in the room so that finally one of us has to say something.

What is such a believer, whose very life depends upon the daily bread of the living Word of God, supposed to do when God is silent?

age still remembered it with wonderment, I never asked him about it, as it seemed to me his silence on the subject only added to its grandeur and I did not want to take from it in any way with questions so that

BANG! BANG! BANG! "THERE'S NO ONE HOME!" I shouted to the door