Silent Quotes

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Drop the last year into the silent limbo of the past. Let it go, for it was imperfect, and thank God that it can go. — Brooks Atkinson
I haven't been silent. I teach, I lecture at universities, I write, I'm not silent. — Bill Ayers
The art of motherhood involves much silent, unobtrusive self-denial, an hourly devotion which finds no detail too minute. — Honore de Balzac
The man as he converses is the lover; silent, he is the husband. — Honore de Balzac
Some of the greatest battles will be fought within the silent chambers of your own soul. — Ezra Taft Benson
Better remain silent, better not even think, if you are not prepared to act. — Annie Besant
Ten people who speak make more noise than ten thousand who are silent. — Napoleon Bonaparte
To be among people one loves, that's sufficient; to dream, to speak to them, to be silent among them, to think of indifferent things; but… — Jean de la Bruyere
We should keep silent about those in power; to speak well of them almost implies flattery; to speak ill of them while they are alive… — Jean de la Bruyere
Civilization is a conspiracy. Modern life is the silent compact of comfortable folk to keep up pretences. — John Buchan
A dog barks when his master is attacked. I would be a coward if I saw that God's truth is attacked and yet would remain… — John Calvin
It took me quite a long time to develop a voice, and now that I have it, I am not going to be silent. — Madeleine Albright
Silence is only frightening to people who are compulsively verbalizing. — William S. Burroughs
There are nights when the wolves are silent and only the moon howls. — George Carlin
I think that one's art is a growth inside one. I do not think one can explain growth. It is silent and subtle. One does… — Emily Carr
For my future I have no concern, and as a true philosopher, I never would have any, for I know not what it may be:… — Giacomo Casanova
The eyes those silent tongues of love. — Miguel de Cervantes
Unless and until our society recognizes cyber bullying for what it is, the suffering of thousands of silent victims will continue. — Anna Maria Chavez
The poets have been mysteriously silent on the subject of cheese. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
A yawn is a silent shout. — Gilbert K. Chesterton

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