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  2. Speech is silver, silence is golden - Wikipedia

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    "Speech is silver, silence is golden" is a proverb extolling the value of silence over speech. Its modern form most likely originated in Arabic culture , where it was used as early as the 9th century.

  3. Thomas Carlyle - Wikipedia

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    Speech is silver, silence is golden; Great Man theory; Condition-of-England question ... Jungian Concepts as Key to Carlyle's Mind (PDF). H. Brinkman-Vijn. Archived ...

  4. Wikipedia:Good article reassessment/Speech is silver, silence ...

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    The proverb is most recognized in English by its abbreviated "silence is golden" form; is this meant to be discussed in this article or somewhere else? "Somewhere else" seems overly splitter, but there is no discussion of it here, and none of the disambigs are on the proverb itself.

  5. Sartor Resartus - Wikipedia

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    The novel has been identified as containing the first appearance in English of the proverb "Speech is silver, silence is golden", [37] as well as the first English use of the expression "meaning of life." [38]

  6. Wikipedia:Good articles/Language and literature - Wikipedia

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    Download as PDF; Printable version ... A New Translation – Speech is silver, silence is golden – Stichometry – The Tale of Mac ... Flying Safe – Free Speech, ...

  7. Category:Silence - Wikipedia

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    Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects Wikimedia Commons; ... The Sound of Silence; Speech is silver, silence is golden; Spiral of silence ...

  8. Category:Proverbs - Wikipedia

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    Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects Wikimedia Commons; ... Speech is silver, silence is golden; Still waters run deep; T. Tegelspreuken; The Two ...

  9. Silence Is Golden - Wikipedia

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    Speech is silver, silence is golden is a proverb. Silence Is Golden may also refer to: "Silence Is Golden" (song), a song recorded by The Four Seasons and The Tremeloes; Silence Is Golden, a 2006 short film by Chris Shepherd; Man About Town, originally Le Silence est d'or (Silence is golden), a 1947 film by René Clair and Robert Pirosh