Under all speech that is good for anything there lies a silence that is better. Silence is deep as Eternity; speech is shallow as Time.


Critical and Miscellaneous Essays (1827–1855) - Sir Walter Scott (1838)

Thomas Carlyle Quotes

Under all speech that is good for anything there lies a silence that is better. Silence is deep as Eternity; speech is shallow as Time.

Under all speech that is good for anything there lies a silence that is better. Silence is deep as Eternity; speech is shallow as Time.

Under all speech that is good for anything there lies a silence that is better. Silence is deep as Eternity; speech is shallow as Time.

Under all speech that is good for anything there lies a silence that is better. Silence is deep as Eternity; speech is shallow as Time.