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A fair request should be followed by the deed in silence.
Action
Dante Alighieri

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Let thy speech be better than silence, or be silent.
Speech
Dionysius of Halicarnassus

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Silence is the mother of truth.
Silence
Benjamin Disraeli

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When little is done, little is said; silence is the mother of truth.
Silence
Benjamin Disraeli

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The silence that accepts merit as the most natural thing in the world is the highest applause.
Applause
Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Nothing strengthens authority so much as silence.
Authority
Charles De Gaulle

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Silence is the ultimate weapon of power.
Silence
Charles De Gaulle

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True friendship comes when silence between two people is comfortable.
Friends and Friendship
David Tyson Gentry

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Speaking comes by nature, silence by understanding.
Speakers and Speaking
German Proverb

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Your hearts know in silence the secrets of the days and the nights.
Silence
Kahlil Gibran

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Silence is argument carried on by other means.
Silence
Che Guevara

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You will find that silence or very gentle words are the most exquisite revenge for insult.
Insults
Judge Hall

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That man's silence is wonderful to listen to.
Silence
Thomas Hardy

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Well-timed silence is the most commanding expression.
Silence
Mark Helprin

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Strength is born in the deep silence of long-suffering hearts; not amid joy.
Affliction
Felicia D. Hemans

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And Silence, like a poultice, comes to heal the blows of sound.
Silence
Oliver Wendell Holmes

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Persuasive speech, and more persuasive sighs, Silence that spoke and eloquence of eyes.
Speakers and Speaking
Homer

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He who sleeps in continual noise is wakened by silence.
Noise
William Dean Howells

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He who does not understand your silence will probably not understand your words.
Understanding
Elbert Hubbard

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The man who does not understand your silence will probably not understand your words.
Silence
Elbert Hubbard

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After silence that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music.
Music
Aldous Huxley

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We believe that the applause of silence is the only kind that counts.
Applause
Alfred Jarry

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Silence is the safest course for any man to adopt who distrust himself.
Confidence
Francois De La Rochefoucauld

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To sin by silence when they should protest makes cowards of men.
Silence
Abraham Lincoln

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Words can sting like anything, but silence breaks the heart.
Silence
Phyllis Mcginley

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