Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Quotes, Voice Quotes, Silence Quotes

Only a look and a voice; then darkness again and silence.

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And yet the world we live in-its divisions and conflicts, its widening gap between rich and poor, its seemingly inexplicable outbursts of violence-is shaped far less by what we celebrate and mythologize than by the painful events we try to forget. Leopold's Congo is but one of those silences of history.

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One should aim, seriously, at disregarding ups and downs; a compliment here, silence there ... the central fact remains stable, which is the fact of my own pleasure in the art.

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Where shall the word be found, where will the word / Resound? Not here, there is not enough silence.

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Real action is in silent moments.

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The words the happy say Are paltry melody But those the silent feel Are beautiful-.

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Silence is the perfectest herault of joy. I were but little happy if I could say how much.

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Sorrow and silence are strong, and patient endurance is godlike.

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The Caterpillar and Alice looked at each other for some time in silence: at last the Caterpillar took the hookah out of its mouth.

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From politics it was an easy step to silence.

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Silence is the perfect herald of joy.

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My friend, I am not what I seem. Seeming is but a garment I wear — a care-woven garment that protects me from thy questionings and thee from my negligence. The "I" in me, my friend, dwells in the house of silence, and therein it shall remain for ever more, unperceived, unapproachable.

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Speech is better than silence; silence is better than speech.

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Where shall the word be found, where will the word / Resound? Not here, there is not enough silence.

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What, gone without a word? Ay, so true love should do; it cannot speak, For truth hath better deeds than words to grace it.

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Tis best to be silent in a bad cause.

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Coming before God in quietness & waiting upon Him in silence often can accomplish more than days of feverish activity.

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The trees grew too thickly, and their trunks were too big for any healthy New England wood. There was too much silence in the dim alleys between them.

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To be silent is not to lose your tongue. On the contrary, it is only through silence that one can discover something new to talk about. One who talked incessantly, without stopping to look and listen, would repeat himself ad nauseam.

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To stand in silence when they should be protesting makes cowards of men.

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