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Samuel Johnson Quotes about Silence

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You hesitate to stab me with a word, and know not - silence is the sharper sword.

You hesitate to stab me with a word, and know not - silence is the sharper sword.

Samuel Johnson
Silence, Silence Is, Knows

The power of punishment is to silence, not to confute.

Samuel Johnson
Punishment, Silence
Samuel Johnson (1825). “The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.”, p.499

Abuse is often of service. There is nothing so dangerous to an author as silence.

Samuel Johnson
Writing, Silence, Abuse
Samuel Johnson (1840). “The Life and Writings of Samuel Johnson...”, p.51

Silence propagates itself, and the longer talk has been suspended, the more difficult it is to find anything to say.

Samuel Johnson
Silence, Difficult, Has Beens
Samuel Johnson (1997). “The Sayings of Doctor Johnson”, p.10, Gerald Duckworth & Co

To let friendship die away by negligence and silence is certainly not wise. It is voluntarily to throw away one of the greatest comforts of the weary pilgrimage.

Samuel Johnson
Friendship, Wise, Silence
James Boswell, Samuel Johnson (1859). “The Life of Samuel Johnson”, p.106

I am very fond of the company of ladies. I like their beauty, I like their delicacy, I like their vivacity, and I like their silence.

Samuel Johnson
Beauty, Silence, Delicacy
Samuel Johnson (1836). “Johnsoniana; or supplement to Boswell; being Anecdotes and sayings of Dr. Johnson, etc”, p.405

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