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Her silent course advance With inoffensive pace, that spinning sleeps On her soft axle. — John Milton
Much have I traveled in the realms of gold, And many goodly states and kingdoms seen; Round many western islands have I been Which bards… — John Keats
The educated man had throughout the ages found a way to covert passionate activity into silent and motionless pleasure. He can sit still in a… — Jacques Barzun
Never forget that when we are silent, we are one. And when we speak we are two. — Indira Gandhi
Nothing can compare in beauty, and wonder, and admirableness, and divinity itself, to the silent work in obscure dwellings of faithful women bringing their children… — Henry Ward Beecher
Nothing marks the change from the city to the country so much as the absence of grinding noises. The country is never silent. But its… — Henry Ward Beecher
The surest pledge of a deathless name Is the silent homage of thoughts unspoken. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
These are the things I prize And hold of dearest worth: Light of the sapphire skies, Peace of the silent hills, Shelter of the forests,… — Henry Van Dyke
Pity the man who has a character to support - it is worse than a large family - he is silent poor indeed. — Henry David Thoreau
We falsely attribute to men a determined character - putting together all their yesterdays - and averaging them - we presume we know them. Pity… — Henry David Thoreau
He who is silent is forgotten; he who does not advance falls back; he who stops is overwhelmed; out distanced, crushed; he who ceases t… — Henri Frederic Amiel
All the great pleasures of life are silent. — Georges Clemenceau
Up, up the long, delirious, burning blue I've topped the wind-swept heights with easy grace, Where never the lark, nor even eagle flew- And, while… — Dizzy Gillespie
Gone before To that unknown and silent shore. — Charles Lamb
As down in the sunless retreats of the ocean Sweet flowers are springing no mortal can see, So deep in my soul the still prayer… — Charles Lamb
We have drugs to make women speak, but none to keep them silent. — Anatole France
We can lie in the language of dress or try ot tell the truth; but unless we are naked and bald, it is impossible to… — Alison Lurie
The mouth keeps silent to hear the heart speak. — Alfred de Musset
The word 'listen' contains the same letters as the word 'silent.' — Alfred Brendel
Be silent always when you doubt your sense. — Alexander Pope
As soon as one does not kill oneself, one must keep silent about life. — Albert Camus
. . . it is yours women's to be silent and stay within doors. — Aeschylus
These be Three silent things: The Falling snow. . . the hour Before the dawn. . . the mouth of one Just dead. — Adelaide Crapsey
It has often occurred to me that a seeker after truth has to be silent. — Mahatma Gandhi
And they three passed over the white sands, between the rocks, silent as the shadows. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge

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