# Quotes about silence

- Quotes: 9
- Authors: 9
- Topic page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/silence

## Quotes

> Midnight brought on the dusky hour
>
> Friendliest to sleep and silence.

[John Milton](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-milton.md) · [Paradise Lost](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-milton/paradise-lost.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-milton/paradise-lost/midnight-brought-on-the.md)

Topics: [silence](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/silence.md)

> As the Swiss inscription says: Sprechen ist silbern, Schweigen ist golden— "Speech is silvern, Silence is golden"; or, as I might rather express it: speech is of time, silence is of eternity.

[Thomas Carlyle](https://www.leafyquotes.com/thomas-carlyle.md) · [Sartor Resartus](https://www.leafyquotes.com/thomas-carlyle/sartor-resartus.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/thomas-carlyle/sartor-resartus/as-the-swiss.md)

Topics: [silence](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/silence.md)

> The silence of flattery is sometimes equal to the most positive and authentic evidence.

[Edward Gibbon](https://www.leafyquotes.com/edward-gibbon.md) · [The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire](https://www.leafyquotes.com/edward-gibbon/the-history-of-the-decline-and-fall-of-the-roman-empire.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/edward-gibbon/the-history-of-the-decline-and-fall-of-the-roman-empire/the-silence-of-flattery.md)

Topics: [silence](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/silence.md)

> Silence is the bluntest of blunt instruments.

[Erica Jong](https://www.leafyquotes.com/erica-jong.md) · [Fear of Flying](https://www.leafyquotes.com/erica-jong/fear-of-flying.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/erica-jong/fear-of-flying/silence-is-the.md)

Topics: [silence](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/silence.md)

> It was by a great miracle of genius assuredly that Carlyle contrived to admire simultaneously two things so irreconcilably opposed as silence and Oliver Cromwell. Cromwell was the very reverse of a strong, silent man. Cromwell was always talking, when he was not crying.

[G. Chesterton](https://www.leafyquotes.com/g-chesterton.md) · [Heretics](https://www.leafyquotes.com/g-chesterton/heretics.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/g-chesterton/heretics/it-was-by-a-great.md)

Topics: [silence](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/silence.md)

> Just you think first, and don't bother to speak afterward, either.

[Isaac Asimov](https://www.leafyquotes.com/isaac-asimov.md) · [I, Robot](https://www.leafyquotes.com/isaac-asimov/i-robot.md) · p. 71 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/isaac-asimov/i-robot/just-you-think.md)

Topics: [silence](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/silence.md)

> Christine would surely be talking, even if she had only an ape as audience. To her, any silence was as great a challenge as a blank canvas; it had to be filled with the sound of her own voice.

[Arthur C. Clarke](https://www.leafyquotes.com/arthur-c-clarke.md) · [The Collected Stories Of Arthur C. Clarke](https://www.leafyquotes.com/arthur-c-clarke/the-collected-stories-of-arthur-c-clarke.md) · p. 802 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/arthur-c-clarke/the-collected-stories-of-arthur-c-clarke/christine-would-surely.md)

Topics: [silence](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/silence.md)

> Silence, much more powerful than before, much more shot through with the meaning of life and the accumulated wisdom of history.

[James A. Michener](https://www.leafyquotes.com/james-a-michener.md) · [Poland](https://www.leafyquotes.com/james-a-michener/poland.md) · p. 361 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/james-a-michener/poland/silence-much-more.md)

Topics: [silence](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/silence.md)

> Silence is the virtue of a fool.

[Francis Bacon](https://www.leafyquotes.com/francis-bacon.md) · [The Advancement of Learning](https://www.leafyquotes.com/francis-bacon/the-advancement-of-learning.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/francis-bacon/the-advancement-of-learning/silence-is-the.md)

Topics: [stupidity](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/stupidity.md), [silence](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/silence.md)