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Silence
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Listen, Hear the Void.
Silence is the profound absence of external noise, a space where the clamor of the world recedes, allowing for inner resonance and reflection to emerge. It's meaningful to human life because it fosters introspection, creativity, and a deeper connection to oneself and the universe, providing essential respite from the constant stimulation that can otherwise overwhelm and diminish our well-being.
# Silence & Themes
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Context: • William Shakespeare, Hamlet (1600-02), Act V, scene 2, line 368.
• Source: Wikiquote: "Silence" (S)
• Source: Wikiquote: "Silence" (S)
“The rest is silence.”
— Unknown
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Context: • Alfred Tennyson, Maud; A Monodrama (1855), Part V, Stanza 3.
• Source: Wikiquote: "Silence" (T)
• Source: Wikiquote: "Silence" (T)
“Silence, beautiful voice.”
— Unknown
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Context: • When they hold their tongues they cry out.
• Cicero, In Catilinam, 1. 8.
• Source: Wikiquote: "Silence" (W, Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations:
Quotes reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 707-10.)
• Cicero, In Catilinam, 1. 8.
• Source: Wikiquote: "Silence" (W, Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations:
Quotes reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 707-10.)
“Cum tacent clamant.”
— Unknown
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Context: • Phineas Fletcher, Piscatorie Eclogues (1633), V, st. 13.
• Source: Wikiquote: "Silence" (F)
• Source: Wikiquote: "Silence" (F)
“Silence best speaks the mind.”
— Unknown
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Context: • William Shakespeare, Cymbeline (1611), Act V, scene 4, line 29.
• Source: Wikiquote: "Silence" (S)
• Source: Wikiquote: "Silence" (S)
“I'll speak to thee in silence.”
— Unknown
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Context: • William Shakespeare, Hamlet (1600-02), Act V, scene 2, line 368.
• Source: Wikiquote: "Silence" (S)
• Source: Wikiquote: "Silence" (S)
“The rest is silence.”
— Unknown
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Context: • Alfred Tennyson, Maud; A Monodrama (1855), Part V, Stanza 3.
• Source: Wikiquote: "Silence" (T)
• Source: Wikiquote: "Silence" (T)
“Silence, beautiful voice.”
— Unknown
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Context: • When they hold their tongues they cry out.
• Cicero, In Catilinam, 1. 8.
• Source: Wikiquote: "Silence" (W, Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations:
Quotes reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 707-10.)
• Cicero, In Catilinam, 1. 8.
• Source: Wikiquote: "Silence" (W, Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations:
Quotes reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 707-10.)
“Cum tacent clamant.”
— Unknown
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Context: • Phineas Fletcher, Piscatorie Eclogues (1633), V, st. 13.
• Source: Wikiquote: "Silence" (F)
• Source: Wikiquote: "Silence" (F)
“Silence best speaks the mind.”
— Unknown
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Context: • William Shakespeare, Cymbeline (1611), Act V, scene 4, line 29.
• Source: Wikiquote: "Silence" (S)
• Source: Wikiquote: "Silence" (S)
“I'll speak to thee in silence.”
— Unknown
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Context: • Benjamin Disraeli, Tancred (1847), Book IV, Chapter IV.
• Source: Wikiquote: "Silence" (W, Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations:
Quotes reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 707-10.)
• Source: Wikiquote: "Silence" (W, Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations:
Quotes reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 707-10.)
“Silence is the mother of Truth.”
— Unknown
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Context: • Dinah Craik, Magnus and Morna, scene 3.
• Source: Wikiquote: "Silence" (W, Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations:
Quotes reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 707-10.)
• Source: Wikiquote: "Silence" (W, Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations:
Quotes reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 707-10.)
“Silence sweeter is than speech.”
— Unknown
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Context: • Audre Lorde, (1984), Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches page: 41, publisher: Crossing Press, ISBN: 978-0-89594-142-8
• Source: Wikiquote: "Silence" (L)
• Source: Wikiquote: "Silence" (L)
“Your silence will not protect you.”
— Unknown
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Context: • 'The Prisoner', 1967 TV series, Episode 1. Sign on wall featured at 21' 23".
• Source: Wikiquote: "Silence" (T)
• Source: Wikiquote: "Silence" (T)
“A still tongue makes a happy life.”
— Unknown
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Context: • Christina G. Rossetti, Sonnet, Rest.
• Source: Wikiquote: "Silence" (W, Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations:
Quotes reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 707-10.)
• Source: Wikiquote: "Silence" (W, Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations:
Quotes reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 707-10.)
“Silence more musical than any song.”
— Unknown
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Context: • Thomas Carlyle, Heroes and Hero Worship (1840), Lecture II.
• Source: Wikiquote: "Silence" (C)
• Source: Wikiquote: "Silence" (C)
“Silence is more eloquent than words.”
— Unknown
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Context: • Menander, Ex Incert. Comœd, p. 216.
• Source: Wikiquote: "Silence" (W, Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations:
Quotes reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 707-10.)
• Source: Wikiquote: "Silence" (W, Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations:
Quotes reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 707-10.)
“Nothing is more useful than silence.”
— Unknown
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Context: • The Rock of Regard. J. P. Collier's Reprint. (1576).
• Source: Wikiquote: "Silence" (W, Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations:
Quotes reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 707-10.)
• Source: Wikiquote: "Silence" (W, Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations:
Quotes reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 707-10.)
“The silente man still suffers wrong.”
— Unknown
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Context: • Great souls endure in silence.
• Friedrich Schiller, Don Carlos, act I, scene iv, Don Carlos, Mary Stuart, trans. R. D. Boylan and Joseph Mellish, p. 30 (1902). The Marquis is speaking. "Great spirits suffer patiently" is the translation in Friedrich Schiller, Plays, ed. Walter Hinderer, Don Carlos trans. A. Leslie and Jeanne R. Willson, p. 124 (1983).
• Source: Wikiquote: "Silence" (W, Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations (1989))
• Friedrich Schiller, Don Carlos, act I, scene iv, Don Carlos, Mary Stuart, trans. R. D. Boylan and Joseph Mellish, p. 30 (1902). The Marquis is speaking. "Great spirits suffer patiently" is the translation in Friedrich Schiller, Plays, ed. Walter Hinderer, Don Carlos trans. A. Leslie and Jeanne R. Willson, p. 124 (1983).
• Source: Wikiquote: "Silence" (W, Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations (1989))
“Grosse Seelen dulden still.”
— Unknown
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Context: • Percy Somers Payne, Rest.
• Source: Wikiquote: "Silence" (W, Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations:
Quotes reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 707-10.)
• Source: Wikiquote: "Silence" (W, Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations:
Quotes reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 707-10.)
“Silence sleeping on a waste of ocean.”
— Unknown
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Context: • Laozi,Tao Te Ching, Chapter 56
• Source: Wikiquote: "Silence" (L)
• Source: Wikiquote: "Silence" (L)
“Silence is a source of great strength.”
— Unknown
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“Silence slammed in like a thunderclap.”
— Unknown
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Context: • William Wordsworth, Song at the Feast of Brougham Castle.
• Source: Wikiquote: "Silence" (W, Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations:
Quotes reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 707-10.)
• Source: Wikiquote: "Silence" (W, Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations:
Quotes reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 707-10.)
“The silence that is in the starry sky.”
— Unknown
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Context: • Silence gives consent.
• Pope Boniface VIII. Taken from the Canon Law, Decretals, Book V. 12. 43. Richard Fuller, Wise Sentences. Oliver Goldsmith, The Good-Natured Man, Act II.
• Source: Wikiquote: "Silence" (W, Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations:
Quotes reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 707-10.)
• Pope Boniface VIII. Taken from the Canon Law, Decretals, Book V. 12. 43. Richard Fuller, Wise Sentences. Oliver Goldsmith, The Good-Natured Man, Act II.
• Source: Wikiquote: "Silence" (W, Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations:
Quotes reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 707-10.)
“Qui tacet, consentire videtur.”
— Unknown
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Context: • Henry James, Jr., A Bundle of Letters, Letter IV.
• Source: Wikiquote: "Silence" (W, Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations:
Quotes reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 707-10.)
• Source: Wikiquote: "Silence" (W, Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations:
Quotes reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 707-10.)
“Not much talk—a great, sweet silence.”
— Unknown
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