--- title: "9 Said Written Quotes by 9 authors" description: "Browse 9 Said Written quotes by 9 authors. Discover the best Said Written sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/708/adolf-hitler-253_politics_what-can-be-said-should-never-be-written_1683462.jpg" --- > [What can be said, should never be written](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adolf-hitler/what-can-be-said-should-never-be-written/) [Adolf Hitler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adolf-hitler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/708/adolf-hitler-253_politics_what-can-be-said-should-never-be-written_1683462.jpg) > [“The world was full of waistrels and waifs, sycophants and spies - all of whom put words to the wrong use, who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-levithan/the-world-was-full-of-waistrels-and-waifs-sycophants-and-spies-all-of/) [David Levithan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-levithan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/59f/david-levithan-67_language_the-world-was-full-of-waistrels-and-waif_325043.jpg) > [“Was it not said and written that give unto God what belongs to God and to Ceaser what belongs to him? Also,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/don-santo/was-it-not-said-and-written-that-give-unto-god-what-belongs-to-god/) [Don Santo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/don-santo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/de7/don-santo-9677_caeser_was-it-not-said-and-written-that-give-un_191741.jpg) > [What can't be said can be written. Because writing is a silent act, a labor from the head to the hand.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herta-m-ller/what-can-t-be-said-can-be-written-because-writing-is-a-silent-act-a/) [Herta Muller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herta-m-ller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/73b/herta-m-ller-4269_hand_what-can-t-be-said-can-be-written-becaus_1365222.jpg) > [Too much has already been said and written about women's sphere. Leave women, then, to find their sphere.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lucy-stone/too-much-has-already-been-said-and-written-about-women-s-sphere-leave/) [Lucy Stone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lucy-stone/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/739/lucy-stone-16616_feminism_too-much-has-already-been-said-and-writt_716126.jpg) > [I began to think that the finest modern writer was the screen actor. This was in the spirit of the Fifties where…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-nicholson/i-began-to-think-that-the-finest-modern-writer-was-the-screen-actor/) [Jack Nicholson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-nicholson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b06/jack-nicholson-1283_actors_i-began-to-think-that-the-finest-modern_1204606.jpg) > [Writing takes gall. I like to think that's true even for writers with several books under their belt, writers who have been…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rumaan-alam/writing-takes-gall-i-like-to-think-that-s-true-even-for-writers-with/) [Rumaan Alam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rumaan-alam/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/27c/rumaan-alam-5326_books_writing-takes-gall-i-like-to-think-that_310709.jpg) > [- I came 4 friendship but U take my heart my away 1 Of D Best Love Quote Ever Said: I Have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zhatsprincess/i-came-4-friendship-but-u-take-my-heart-my-away-1-of-d-best-love/) [ZhatsPrincess](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zhatsprincess/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c75/zhatsprincess-1766_friendship_i-came-4-friendship-but-u-take-my-heart_1226086.jpg) > [“Here follows the substance of what I said, written out entirely for your benefit. Pay attention to it, or you will be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilkie-collins/here-follows-the-substance-of-what-i-said-written-out-entirely-for/) [Wilkie Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wilkie-collins/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/af2/wilkie-collins-2078_book_here-follows-the-substance-of-what-i-sai_1623288.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/said-written/#itemlist", "name": "Said Written Quotes", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "What can be said, should never be written", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Adolf Hitler" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adolf-hitler/what-can-be-said-should-never-be-written/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/708/adolf-hitler-253_politics_what-can-be-said-should-never-be-written_1683462.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/708/adolf-hitler-253_politics_what-can-be-said-should-never-be-written_1683462.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/708/adolf-hitler-253_politics_what-can-be-said-should-never-be-written_1683462.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“What can be said, should never be written” — Adolf Hitler", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“The world was full of waistrels and waifs, sycophants and spies - all of whom put words to the wrong use, who made everything that was said or written suspect”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "David Levithan" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-levithan/the-world-was-full-of-waistrels-and-waifs-sycophants-and-spies-all-of/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/59f/david-levithan-67_language_the-world-was-full-of-waistrels-and-waif_325043.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/59f/david-levithan-67_language_the-world-was-full-of-waistrels-and-waif_325043.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/59f/david-levithan-67_language_the-world-was-full-of-waistrels-and-waif_325043.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The world was full of waistrels and waifs, sycophants and spies - all of whom put words to the wrong use…” — David Levithan", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Was it not said and written that give unto God what belongs to God and to Ceaser what belongs to him? 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