Quotes about silence

A man who silently lives by his ethics makes a more profound argument than one who deafens us with his shouting about them.Gerry Spence

• morals
• silence

Well-timed silence hath more eloquence than speech.Martin Tupper

• speech
• silence

Never miss a chance to keep your mouth shut.Robert Peck

• talk
• silence

When there is no occasion for expressing an opinion, it is best to be silent.George Washington

• silence

Proneness to exaggerate, to suppress or modify the truth, wittingly or unwittingly, is a natural weakness of man, and silence is necessary in order to surmount it. A man of few words will rarely be thoughtless in his speech; he will measure every word.Mahatma Mohandas Gandhi

• speech
• lies
• silence