speech is silver, but silence is golden
- speech is silver, but silence is golden
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1834 CARLYLE in Fraser’s Magazine June 668 As the Swiss Inscription says: Sprechen ist silbern, Schweigen ist golden (Speech is silvern, Silence is golden).
1865 A. RICHARDSON Secret Service ii. A taciturn but edified listener, I pondered upon..‘speech is silver, while silence is golden’.
1936 W. HOLTBY South Riding I. iv. She will give a pound note to the collection if I would cut my eloquence short, so in this case, though speech is silver, silence is certainly golden.
1961 M. SPARK Prime of Miss Jean Brodie i. Speech is silver but silence is golden. Mary, are you listening?
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silence is golden — Sometimes in the fuller version speech is silver, but silence is golden. 1865 W. WHITE Eastern England II. ix. Silence is golden, says the proverb. We apprehend the full significance..in some lone hamlet situate amid a ‘thousand fields’. 1923 A.… … Proverbs new dictionary
silence — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Absence of sound Nouns 1. silence; stillness, quiet, peace, hush; inaudibility. 2. (reluctance or inability to speak) muteness, dumbness, aphony, voicelessness; taciturnity, reticence; deadness, dullness … English dictionary for students
silence — 01. The sound of thunder broke the [silence] of the night. 02. The room was totally [silent] except for the sound of the snoring dog. 03. My sister likes to sit in church, and enjoy the [silence] and the peacefulness. 04. The young couple sat in… … Grammatical examples in English
silver — 01. She was wearing rings of gold and [silver] on every finger. 02. I remember my grandmother with her [silver] hair, and bright red lipstick. 03. My parents always used their best china and [silver] for supper at Christmas. 04. The girl was… … Grammatical examples in English
silence — see silence is a woman’s best garment silence is golden silence means consent speech is silver, but silence is golden … Proverbs new dictionary
golden — see a golden key can open any door silence is golden speech is silver, but silence is golden … Proverbs new dictionary
silver — see every cloud has a silver lining speech is silver, but silence is golden … Proverbs new dictionary
speech — see speech is silver, but silence is golden … Proverbs new dictionary
Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs, Thematic Index — absence absence makes the heart grow fonder he who is absent is always in the wrong the best of friends must part blue are the hills that are far away distance lends enchantment to the view out of sight, out of mind … Proverbs new dictionary
ep|i|gram — «EHP uh gram», noun. 1. a short, pointed, or witty saying. Examples: “Speech is silver, but silence is golden.” “The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it” (Oscar Wilde). 2. a short poem ending in a witty or clever, and often a… … Useful english dictionary
