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1. "The silence of a wise man is always meaningful."

Leo Strauss

Quotations about: Wisdom and Stupidity

2. "Always keep your words soft and sweet, just in case you have to eat them."

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3. "The opposite of talking isn't listening. The opposite of talking is waiting."

Fran Lebowitz, "Social Studies"

4. "Speech is a mirror of the soul: as a man speaks, so is he."

Publilius Syrus, "Sentences"

5. "Words, once they are printed, have a life of their own."

Carol Burnett

6. "A diplomat is someone who can speak without saying anything."

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Quotations about: Politics and Diplomacy

7. "An open mind does not always require an open mouth."

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Quotations about: Intellect, Judgement

8. "The eyes of men speak words the tongue cannot pronounce."

Native American proverb

9. "Music is the wine that fills the cup of silence."

Robert Fripp

Quotations about: Art and Culture

10. "One picture is worth ten thousand words."

Frederick R. Barnard

Quotations about: Art and Culture

11. "Half the world is composed of people who have something to say and can't and the other half who have nothing to say and keep on saying it."

Robert Lee Frost

12. "When you open a door, don't forget to close it. Treat your mouth accordingly."

Jewish proverb

13. "The word listen contains the same letters as the word silent."

Alfred Brendel

14. "When a woman is speaking to you, listen to what she says with her eyes."

Victor Hugo

Quotations about: Woman and Man

15. "Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak. Courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen."

Winston Churchill

Quotations about: Bravery and Fear

16. "Women like silent men. They think they're listening."

Marcel Achard

Quotations about: Woman and Man

17. "Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind."

Rudyard Kipling

18. "After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music."

Aldous Huxley, "Music at Night"

Quotations about: Art and Culture

19. "Gossip is a sort of smoke that comes from the dirty tobacco-pipes of of those who diffuse it: it proves nothing but the bad taste of the smoker."

George Eliot, "Daniel Deronda"

Quotations about: Manners and Ethics

20. "If A equals success, then the formula is: A = X + Y + Z ; X is work, Y is play, and Z is keeping your mouth shut."

Albert Einstein

Quotations about: Success and Fame

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21. "Blessed is the man, who having nothing to say, abstains from giving in words evidence of the fact."

George Eliot

22. "It is a sad thing when men have neither the wit to speak well, nor the judgement to hold their tongues."

Jean de La Bruyere

Quotations about: Intellect, Judgement

23. "People who know little are usually great talkers, while men who know much say little."

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Quotations about: Wisdom and Stupidity

24. "Words become luminous when the poet's finger has passed over them its phosphorescence."

Joseph Joubert

Quotations about: Art and Culture

25. "To be outspoken is easy when you do not wait to speak the complete truth."

Rabindranath Tagore

Quotations about: Truth and Falsity

26. "Words are like money; there is nothing so useless, unless when in actual use."

Samuel Butler

27. "Absolute silence leads to sadness. It is the image of death."

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Quotations about: Joy and Sadness

28. "Nature has given us two ears but only one mouth."

Benjamin Disraeli

29. "The difference between the right word and the almost right word is really a large matter - it`s the difference between a lightning bug and the lightning."

Mark Twain

Quotations about: Intellect, Judgement

30. "It's often not what we say that hurts, but what we don't say."

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Quotations about: Pain and Tears

31. "A man speaks of what he knows, a woman of what pleases her: the one requires knowledge, the other taste."

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Quotations about: Woman and Man

32. "He who doesn't understand your silence will probably not understand your words."

Elbert Green Hubbard

33. "Speak only if it improves upon the silence."

Mahatma Gandhi

34. "A good listener is usually thinking about something else."

Kin Hubbard

35. "Silence is not always a sign of wisdom, but babbling is ever a mark of folly."

Benjamin Franklin

Quotations about: Wisdom and Stupidity

36. "I don't care how much a man talks, if he only says it in a few words."

Josh Billings

37. "We come too late to say anything which has not been said already."

Jean de La Bruyere

38. "True eloquence consists in saying all that is necessary, and nothing but what is necessary."

Heinrich Heine

39. "Silence is one of the hardest arguments to refute."

Josh Billings

40. "The talkative man speaks from his mouth, the eloquent man speaks from his heart."

Joseph Joubert

41. "It is better to stay silent and let people think you are an idiot than to open your mouth and remove all doubt."

Abraham Lincoln

Quotations about: Wisdom and Stupidity

42. "Bore, n. A person who talks when you wish him to listen."

Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary"

Quotations about: Egoism

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