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Silence is the element in which great things fashion themselves. -

Silence is the element in which great things fashion themselves. – Thomas Carlyle

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Long stormy spring-time, wet contentious April, winter chilling the lap of very May; but at length the season of summer does come. – Thomas Carlyle

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None of us will ever accomplish anything excellent or commanding except when he listens to this whisper which is heard by him alone. – Thomas Carlyle

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Silence is the true friend that never betrays. – Confucius

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Silence is more eloquent than words. – Thomas Carlyle

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Speech is of time, silence is of eternity. – Thomas Carlyle

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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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