Blessed is the man who, having nothing to say, abstains from giving us wordy evidence of the fact.
— George Eliot, 1879 Show more
Blessed is the man who, having nothing to say, abstains from giving us wordy evidence of the fact. — George Eliot, 1879 Show more
“For the growing good of the world is partly dependent on unhistoric acts; and that things are not so ill with you and me as they might have been, is half owing to the number who lived faithfully a hidden life, and rest in unvisited tombs." (George Eliot, Middlemarch)
Tabitha added
brevity which is the soul of wit.
G. K. Chesterton • The G. K. Chesterton Collection [50 Books]
“Don’t talk, unless you can improve upon the silence.”
– Jorge Luis Borges
– Jorge Luis Borges
Pablo Rodríguez and added
And, as a general rule, it is more advisable to show your intelligence by saying nothing than by speaking out; for silence is a matter of prudence, whilst speech has something in it of vanity.
Arthur Schopenhauer • The Collected Essays of Arthur Schopenhauer (Unexpurgated Edition) (Halcyon Classics)
“Entertainment for man, but not for his beast. Enter ye that have leisure and a quiet mind, who earnestly seek the right road.” He is perhaps the sanest man and has the fewest crotchets of any I chance to know; the same yesterday and tomorrow.
Henry David Thoreau • Walden (AmazonClassics Edition)
brevity is the soul of wit,
William Shakespeare • William Shakespeare: : The Complete Works
The best love is quiet. The best confidence is quiet. And so are the lives with the most meaning.
Substack • You Don't Need To Document Everything
Oscar Wilde, on bad reply game:
"A bore is someone who deprives you of solitude without providing you with company."
"A bore is someone who deprives you of solitude without providing you with company."
Visakan Veerasamy • Tweet
rob hardy and added