“Men of few words are the best men”
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“Men of few words are the best men”
“You’ll never have a quiet world till you knock the patriotism out of the human race”
“To avoid criticism do nothing, say nothing, be nothing”
“Better to keep your mouth shut and appear stupid than to open it and remove all doubt”
“I have lerned silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind; yet, strange, I am ungrateful to those teachers”
“What a blessing it would be if we could open and shut our ears as easily as we open and shut our eyes”
“In the name of God, stop a moment, cease your work, look around you.”
“The time comes upon every public man when it is best for him to keep his lips closed”
“The holiest of holidays are those kept by ourselves in silence and apart; the secret anniversaries of the heart”
“A man marries to have a home, but also because he doesn't want to be bothered with sex and all that sort of thing. ”
“True silence is the rest of the mind, and is to the spirit what sleep is to the body, nourishment and refreshment”
“You have not converted a man because you have silenced him”
“Married couples who love each other tell each other a thousand things without talking.”
“A fair request should be followed by the deed in silence”
“It is more noble by silence to avoid an injury than by argument to overcome it”
“The human heart has hidden treasures, in secret kept, in silence sealed; the thoughts, the hopes, the dreams, the pleasures, whose charms were broken if revealed”
“Inside myself is a place where I live all alone and that is where I renew my springs that never dry up”
“A dog barks when his master is attacked. I would be a coward if I saw that God's truth is attacked and yet would remain silent”
“It is a sad thing when men have neither the wit to speak well nor the judgment to hold their tongues”
“To be among people one loves, that's sufficient; to dream, to speak to them, to be silent among them, to think of indifferent things; but among them, everything is equal”