Silent

Famous quotes containing the word silent:

“Be silent always when you doubt your sense;
And speak, though sure, with seeming diffidence:”
—Alexander Pope (1688–1744)

“Great things demand that we either remain silent about them or speak in a great manner: in a great manner, that is—cynically and with innocence.”
—Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)

“But—if you cannot give us ease—
Last of the race of them who grieve
Here leave us to die out with these
Last of the people who believe!
Silent, while years engrave the brow;
Silent—the best are silent now.”
—Matthew Arnold (1822–1888)