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Choose silence of all virtues, for by it you hear other men’s imperfections, and conceal your own.

There is no grief like the grief that does not speak.

In human intercourse the tragedy begins, not when there is misunderstanding about words, but when silence is not understood.

In time of war the laws are silent.

Saying nothing… sometimes says the most.

Silence is a true friend who never betrays.

Give thy thoughts no tongue.

Silence is the most perfect expression of scorn.

Happy is the hearing man; unhappy the speaking man.

Nothing matters but the writing. There has been nothing else worthwhile… a stain upon the silence.