Quote by Thomas Carlyle
Silence is as deep as eternity; speech, shallow as time. - Thomas

Silence is as deep as eternity; speech, shallow as time. – Thomas Carlyle

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If you are ever in doubt as to whether to kiss a pretty girl, always give her the benefit of the doubt. – Thomas Carlyle

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In the true Literary Man there is thus ever, acknowledged or not by the world, a sacredness: he is the light of the world; the worlds Priest; — guiding it, like a sacred Pillar of Fire, in its dark pilgrimage through the waste of Time. – Thomas Carlyle

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I shall state silences more competently than ever a better man spangled the butterflies of vertigo. – Samuel Beckett

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You hesitate to stab me with a word, and know not – silence is the sharper sword. – Samuel Johnson

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Odd how much it hurts when a friend moves away – and leaves behind only silence. – Pam Brown

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The Arctic expresses the sum of all wisdom: Silence. – Walter Bauer

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