... silence (can) be the most eloquent form of lying.

Silence is more eloquent than words.

— Thomas Carlyle

Silence is often the most eloquent answer to our critics.

— Aiden Wilson Tozer

The pause - that impressive silence, that eloquent silence, that geometrically progressive silence which often achieves a desired effect where no combination of words,…

— Mark Twain

If language were liquid, it would be rushing in. Instead here we are in a silence more eloquent than any word could ever be.

— Suzanne Vega

Surely silence can sometimes be the most eloquent reply.

— Anonymous

To overvalue something is a form of lying.

— Baltasar Gracian

The only form of lying that is absolutely beyond reproach is lying for its own sake.

— Oscar Wilde

Autobiography is probably the most respectable form of lying.

— Humphrey Carpenter

Saying what you believe others want to hear is, of course, a form of lying.

— Karl Ove Knausgard

Kitsch may be conveniently defined as a specifically aesthetic form of lying.

— Matei Calinescu

“Feelings need not be shown to be felt. Words need not be spoken to understand. Silence, is sometimes the most eloquent lesson.”

— Stephen McDonough

“the book is silent so long as you need silence, eloquent whenever you want discourse. he never interrupts you if you are engaged, but…

— Jāḥiẓ

“It was the most eloquent silence I ever heard.”

— Laurie Halse Anderson

J. Budziszewski is perhaps the clearest and most eloquent natural lawyer writing today. When reading his works I often find myself amazed by his…

— Francis J. Beckwith

We believe a scientist because he can substantiate his remarks, not because he is eloquent and forcible in his enunciation. In fact, we distrust…

— I. A. Richards