2,656 Quotes About Silence




  • Author Sara Teasdale
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    Let it be you who lean above meOn my last day,Let it be you who shut my eyelidsForever and aye.Say a 'Good-night' as you have said itAll of these years,With the old look, with the old whisperAll without tears.You will know then all that in silenceYou always knew,Though I have loved, I loved no otherAs I love you.

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  • Author Sir Walter Scott
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    The wild unbounded hills we ranged,While oft our talk its topic changed, And, desultory as our way,Ranged, unconfined from grave to gay. Even when it flagg'd , as oft will chance, No effort made to break its trance, We could right pleasantly pursue Our thoughts in social silence too

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