„To persevere in one's duty, and be silent is the best answer to calumny“
— George Washington first President of the United States 1732 - 1799
„Silent — the best are silent now.“
Stanzas from the Grande Chartreuse (1855)
Contesto: But — if you cannot give us ease —
Last of the race of them who grieve
Here leave us to die out with these
Last of the people who believe!
Silent, while years engrave the brow;
Silent — the best are silent now. Achilles ponders in his tent,
The kings of modern thought are dumb,
Silent they are though not content,
And wait to see the future come.
They have the grief men had of yore,
But they contend and cry no more.
Matthew Arnold6
poeta e critico letterario britannico 1822 - 1888Citazioni simili
„But — if you cannot give us ease —
Last of the race of them who grieve
Here leave us to die out with these
Last of the people who believe!
Silent, while years engrave the brow;
Silent — the best are silent now. Achilles ponders in his tent,
The kings of modern thought are dumb,
Silent they are though not content,
And wait to see the future come.
They have the grief men had of yore,
But they contend and cry no more.“
— Matthew Arnold English poet and cultural critic who worked as an inspector of schools 1822 - 1888
Stanzas from the Grande Chartreuse (1855)
„Slowly, silently, now the moon
Walks the night in her silver shoon.“
— Walter de la Mare English poet and fiction writer 1873 - 1956
Silver.
„God is silent. Now if only man would shut up.“
— Woody Allen American screenwriter, director, actor, comedian, author, playwright, and musician 1935
„A silent man is a thinking man. A silent woman is an angry one …“
— Sherrilyn Kenyon Novelist 1965
Origine: Styxx
„Screw the Silent Brothers."
"No thanks. There's strong and silent, and then there's just freaky."
"Isabelle!“
— Cassandra Clare, The City of Lost Souls
Origine: City of Lost Souls
„Those who kept silent yesterday will remain silent tomorrow.“
— Elie Wiesel, libro Night
Origine: Night
„Of every noble work the silent part is best,
Of all expression that which can not be expressed.“
— William Wetmore Story American sculptor, art critic, poet, translator and editor 1819 - 1895
The Unexpressed.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
„She knew she could help him best by being silent and by being near.“
— John Steinbeck, libro The Pearl
Origine: The Pearl
„Here profits not
To tell the whole truth with clear face unveiled.
Often is man's best wisdom to be silent.“
— Pindar Ancient Greek poet -517 - -437 a.C.
οὔ τοι ἅπασα κερδίων
φαίνοισα πρόσωπον ἀλάθει᾽ ἀτρεκής·
καὶ τὸ σιγᾶν πολλάκις ἐστὶ σοφώτατον ἀνθρώπῳ νοῆσαι.
Nemean 5, line 16-8; page 222. (483 BC?)
Originale: (el) οὔ τοι ἅπασα κερδίων<br/>φαίνοισα πρόσωπον ἀλάθει᾽ ἀτρεκής·<br/>καὶ τὸ σιγᾶν πολλάκις ἐστὶ σοφώτατον ἀνθρώπῳ νοῆσαι.
„My interest is in experience that is wordless and silent, and in the fact that this experience can be expressed for me in art work which is also wordless and silent.“
— Agnes Martin American artist 1912 - 2004
In 'On a Clear Day', 1973; as quoted by Julie Warchol on website Smith College Museum of Art https://www.smith.edu/artmuseum/Collections/Cunningham-Center/Blog-paper-people/Agnes-Martin-On-a-Clear-Day,
1970's
„There is no such thing as a silent poem.“
— Gillian Clarke Welsh poet 1937
BBC Radio 4 broadcast, July 2, 2000
„God always remains silent.“
— Dejan Stojanovic, libro Circling: 1978-1987
”New Vandals,” p. 65
Circling: 1978-1987 (1993), Sequence: “A Warden with No Keys”
„No fool can be silent at a feast.“
— Solón Athenian legislator -638 - -558 a.C.
Epictetus, Fragment 71, translated by Thomas Wentworth Higginson. http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0237&query=chapter%3D%23192&chunk=book
„The t is silent, as in Harlow.“
— Margot Asquith Anglo-Scottish socialite, author and wit 1864 - 1945
Quoted in T. S. Matthews Great Tom (New York: Harper & Row, 1973), ch. 7.
Correcting Jean Harlow's pronunciation of Margot. It is sometimes said to have been the actress Margot Grahame who delivered this rebuke.
Variante: Margo. The 'T' is silent as in Harlow.
„Margo. The 'T' is silent as in Harlow.“
— Margot Grahame actress 1911 - 1982
When asked by Jean Harlow whether her name was pronounced "Margo" or "Margott"; actually said by Margot Grahame.
„What is reading but silent conversation.“
— Walter Savage Landor, Imaginary Conversations
Origine: Imaginary Conversations
