The saying is true, “The empty vessel makes the greatest sound.”
—William Shakespeare, Henry V,1598
—William Shakespeare, Henry V,1598
In times like the present, men should utter
nothing for which they would not willingly be
responsible through time and in eternity.
—Abraham Lincoln, Second Annual Message to Congress
(Washington, D.C.), 1 December 1862
nothing for which they would not willingly be
responsible through time and in eternity.
—Abraham Lincoln, Second Annual Message to Congress
(Washington, D.C.), 1 December 1862
The silence often of pure innocence persuades when speaking fails.
—William Shakespeare, The Winter’s Tale, 1610
—William Shakespeare, The Winter’s Tale, 1610
We all arrive by different streets, / by unequal languages, at Silence.
—Pablo Neruda, Still Another Day,William O’Daly, tr., 1984
—Pablo Neruda, Still Another Day,William O’Daly, tr., 1984
Three Silences there are: the first of speech, / The second of desire,
the third of thought. —Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, “The Three
Silences of Molionos,” 1878
the third of thought. —Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, “The Three
Silences of Molionos,” 1878
Silence is the universal refuge, the sequel to all dull discourses and
all foolish acts, a balm to our every chagrin, as welcome after satiety
as after disappointment …. —Henry David Thoreau, A Week on the
Concord and Merrimac Rivers, 1849
all foolish acts, a balm to our every chagrin, as welcome after satiety
as after disappointment …. —Henry David Thoreau, A Week on the
Concord and Merrimac Rivers, 1849
It is always observable that silence propagates itself, and that the longer
talk has been suspended, the more difficult it is to find any thing to say.
—Samuel Johnson, No. 85, The Adventurer, 1753
talk has been suspended, the more difficult it is to find any thing to say.
—Samuel Johnson, No. 85, The Adventurer, 1753
I love talking about nothing, father. It is the only thing I know any-thing about. —Oscar Wilde, An Ideal Husband,1895
If one does not understand a person, one tends to regard him as a fool.
—Carl Jung, Mysterium Coniunctionis, 1955
—Carl Jung, Mysterium Coniunctionis, 1955
language perfectly intelligible to the person to
whom you speak.
—Ralph Waldo Emerson, “Eloquence,” Letters and Social Aims,1876
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