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Quote by Francis Beaumont
It is more noble by silence to avoid an injury than by argument to

It is more noble by silence to avoid an injury than by argument to overcome it. – Francis Beaumont

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Let no man fear to die, we love to sleep all, and death is but the sounder sleep. – Francis Beaumont

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The best answer to anger is silence. – Author Unknown

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We need to find God, and he cannot be found in noise and restlessness. God is the friend of silence. See how nature — trees, flowers, grass — grows in silence; see the stars, the moon and the sun, how they move in silence…. We need silence to be able to touch souls. – Mother Teresa

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True silence is the rest of the mind; it is to the spirit what sleep is to the body, nourishment and refreshment. – William Penn

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I have often lamented that we cannot close our ears with as much ease as we can our eyes. – Richard Steele

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