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A quotation from Carlyle, Thomas:

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As the Swiss inscription says: Sprechen ist silbern, Schweigen ist golden — “Speech is silvern, Silence is golden”; or, as I might rather express it: speech is of time, silence is of eternity.
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WISTSartor Resartus, Book 3, ch. 3 (1831) - Carlyle, Thomas | WIST QuotationsAs the Swiss inscription says: Sprechen ist silbern, Schweigen ist golden -- "Speech is silvern, Silence is golden"; or, as I might rather express it: speech is of time, silence is of eternity.