As the Swiss inscription says: Sprechen ist silbern, Schweigen ist
golden,--"Speech is silvern, Silence is golden;" or, as I might rather
express it, Speech is of Time, Silence is of Eternity.
-- Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881)
-- Sartor Resartus, Book iii, Chap. iii
golden,--"Speech is silvern, Silence is golden;" or, as I might rather
express it, Speech is of Time, Silence is of Eternity.
-- Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881)
-- Sartor Resartus, Book iii, Chap. iii
Related:
- Under all speech that is good for anything there lies a silence that
is better.
Silence is deep as Eternity; speech is shallow as time... - Silence is
... - The Ideal is in thyself, the impediments too is in thyself.
Thomas Carlyle, Sartor... - Silence is not always golden;
sometimes it is yellow... - I have often regretted my speech,
never my silence... - See golden days, fruitful of golden deeds,
With joy and love triumphing.
John Milton (1608-1674) -- Paradise Lost, Book iii... - Silence is golden when you can't think of a good
answer... - Silence is the element in which great things fashion themselves.
Thomas Carlyle (1795... - Silence is the element in which great things fashion themselves.
Thomas...
