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"But what all the violence of the feudal institutions could never have effected, the silent and insensible operation of foreign commerce and manufactures gradually brought about."
"A Great voice has fallen silent. A great heart has stopped."
"The scholar only knows how dear these silent, yet eloquent, companions of pure thoughts and innocent hours become in the season of adversity. When all that is worldly turns to dross around us, these only retain their steady value."
"And at my silent window-sill The jessamine peeps in."
"That truth should be silent I had almost forgot. (Enobarbus)"
"O Reader! had you in your mind Such stores as silent thought can bring, O gentle Reader! you would find A tale in everything."
"Enough, if something from our hands have power To live, and act, and serve the future hour; And if, as toward the silent tomb we go, Through love, through hope, and faith's transcendent dower, We feel that we are greater than we know."
"Spires whose "silent finger points to heaven.""
"She who is silent everywhere finds peace."
"She who desires peace must see, suffer and be silent."
"Where the Scriptures speak, we speak; where the Scriptures are silent, we are silent."
"Blest is that nation whose silent course of happiness furnishes nothing for history to say."
"Consider the silent repose of the sausage as compared to the aggressiveness of bacon."
"Trifling trouble find utterance; deeply felt pangs are silent."
"Let him who has given a favor be silent; let he who has received it tell it."
"Pardon, and keep silent, for what is shameful for women must be concealed among women."
"The works of the great artists are silent books of eternal truths."
"It's very intense to be in front of a live audience. It's just an amazing experience. It's dangerous. Everything out there is heightened. The bad stuff is extra-worse. The silences are extra-silent. The good stuff is amazing. It's electric when you walk out there. For 90 minutes, you're on this other planet."
"Certain characters, mostly heroes, have to be the straight silent type; that is part of the make-up."
"Listen . Keep silent . You are not gods mouthpiece. Try to be an ear."
