You hesitate to stab me with a word, and know not - silence is the sharper sword

Quote by Samuel Johnson

Topics: Silence Quotes

The habit of looking on the bright side of every event is worth more than...

The habit of looking on the bright side of every event is worth more than...

Power is not sufficient evidence of truth

Power is not sufficient evidence of truth

Friendship, like love, is destroyed by long absence, though it may be increased by short...

Friendship, like love, is destroyed by long absence, though it may be increased by short...

The applause of a single human being is of great consequence.

The applause of a single human being is of great consequence.

Power is not sufficient evidence of truth.

Power is not sufficient evidence of truth.

Before marriage a woman is pensive, after marriage, expensive

Before marriage a woman is pensive, after marriage, expensive

Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel.

Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel.

There are charms made only for distant admiration.

There are charms made only for distant admiration.

Though the discoveries or acquisitions of man are not always adequate to the expectations of...

Though the discoveries or acquisitions of man are not always adequate to the expectations of...

But the greater, far the greater number of those who rave and rail (against the...

But the greater, far the greater number of those who rave and rail (against the...

The greatest part of a writer's time is spent in reading in order to write....

The greatest part of a writer's time is spent in reading in order to write....

Accustom your children constantly to this; if a thing happened at one window and they,...

Accustom your children constantly to this; if a thing happened at one window and they,...

The return of my birthday, if I remember it, fills me with thoughts which it...

The return of my birthday, if I remember it, fills me with thoughts which it...

Attainment is followed by neglect, possession by disgust, and the malicious remark of the Greek...

Attainment is followed by neglect, possession by disgust, and the malicious remark of the Greek...

Those who have any intention of deviating from the beaten roads of life, and acquiring...

Those who have any intention of deviating from the beaten roads of life, and acquiring...

So far is it from being true that men are naturally equal, that no two...

So far is it from being true that men are naturally equal, that no two...

A man will turn over half a library to make one book

A man will turn over half a library to make one book

Politeness is one of those advantages which we never estimate rightly but by the inconvenience...

Politeness is one of those advantages which we never estimate rightly but by the inconvenience...

Do not ask what the Government can do for you. Ask why it doesn't.

Do not ask what the Government can do for you. Ask why it doesn't.

There are no true friends in politics. We are all sharks circling, and waiting, for...

There are no true friends in politics. We are all sharks circling, and waiting, for...