#silent

It is better to remain silent at the risk of being thought a fool, than to talk and remove all doubt of it. ↗

— Maurice Switzer

#remaining-silent #wisdom #wisdom

I see no reason to keep silent about my enjoyment of the sound of my own voice as I work. ↗

— Muriel Spark

#enjoyment #i #i see #keep #my own

The deepest rivers make least din, The silent soule doth most abound in care. ↗

— William Alexander

#care #deepest #din #doth #least

Every life is a profession of faith, and exercises an inevitable and silent influence. ↗

— Henri Frederic Amiel

#exercises #faith #inevitable #influence #life

Right now I'm the most famous silent movie actress in the world and I want to keep that for me. So I hope there's not going to be any other silent movies. ↗

— Berenice Bejo

#any #famous #going #hope #i

The world would be happier if men had the same capacity to be silent that they have to speak. ↗

— Baruch Spinoza

#had #happier #men #same #silent

Thine eyes are springs in whose serene And silent waters heaven is seen. Their lashes are the herbs that look On their young figures in the brook. ↗

— William C. Bryant

#eyes #figures #heaven #herbs #lashes

Many times in life I've regretted the things I've said without thinking. But I've never regretted the things I said nearly as much as the words I left unspoken. ↗

— Lisa Kleypas

#remaining-silent #reticence #communication

Here I am Looking at the world’s mirror Finding myself at the center of a maze Constructing the roots of a dream for a nationless society by the power of peace ↗

— Rixa White

#finding-myself #nationless-society #power-of-peace #roots-of-a-dream #silentaria

Betsy did not answer. She was a talker, her family always said, but sometimes when she most wanted to talk she couldn't say a word. ↗

— Maud Hart Lovelace

#talker #talking #family