silence

The greatest triumphs of propaganda have been accomplished not by doing something but by refraining from doing. Great is truth but still greater from a practical point of view is silence about truth.

I believe in the discipline of silence and could talk for hours about it.

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

Silence is as full of potential wisdom and wit as the unhewn marble of great sculpture.

Silence propagates itself and the longer talk has been suspended the more difficult it is to find anything to say.

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

Keep quiet and people will think you a philosopher.

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

One of the best ways to persuade others is with your ears.

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

Speech is silver silence is golden.

Speech may be barren but it is ridiculous to suppose that silence is always brooding on a nestful of eggs.

Be silent and safe - silence never betrays you.

We need a reason to speak but none to keep silent.

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

The silent dog is the first to bite.

Better silent than stupid.

Silence is the unbearable repartee.