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Quote by Thomas Carlyle
When the oak is felled the whole forest echoes with it fall, but a

When the oak is felled the whole forest echoes with it fall, but a hundred acorns are sown in silence by an unnoticed breeze. – Thomas Carlyle

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Every human being has a right to hear what other wise human beings have spoken to him. It is one of the Rights of Men; a very cruel injustice if you deny it to a man! – Thomas Carlyle

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No person was every rightly understood until they had been first regarded with a certain feeling, not of tolerance, but of sympathy. – Thomas Carlyle

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And when he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour. New Testament – Bible

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Silence is more eloquent than words. – Thomas Carlyle

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Silence was never written down. – Italian Proverb

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Silence is the universal refuge, the sequel to all dull discourses and all foolish acts, a balm to our every chagrin, as welcome after satiety as after disappointment. – Henry David Thoreau

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