Authority Quote by Augustus William Hare

When will talkers refrain from evil speaking: when listeners refrain from evil-hearing.

— Augustus William Hare

The talkative listen to no one, for they are ever speaking. And the first evil that attends those who know not to be silent…

— Plutarch

The first evil those who are prone to talk suffer, is that they hear nothing.

— Plutarch

If you speak evil, you will soon be worse spoken of.

— Hesiod

There are evil people, and I don't even want to hear those guys speak.

— Zinedine Zidane

The prophet shows that, for the sake of silence, we are to abstain even from good talk. If this be so, how much more…

— Anonymous

An evil-speaker differs from an evil-doer only in the want of opportunity.

— Quintilian

Silence in the face of evil is itself evil: God will not hold us guiltless. Not to speak is to speak. Not to act…

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

“…but anyone can shout obscenities… Why not think that sometimes-just sometimes- you can overcome evil with silence? And let people hear their hatefulness in…

— Sylvain Reynard

Evil grows when good people do and say nothing.

— Dorothy Koomson

“When evil approaches, when it's really coming for you, it doesn't make a single sound. There's no reason to fear the noises in the…

— Suzanne Sullivan

“In my experience, the truly evil are few and good people, with the very best of intentions, often make very bad decisions and get…

— Isla J. Bick