Quote of William Shakespeare - There was speech in their dumbness...

Biography - William Shakespeare:

English poet, playwright and actor.
Born: 1564 - Died: 1616
Period:
17th century
16th century
Place of birth: United Kingdom

There was speech in their dumbness, language in their very gesture.

William Shakespeare

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Note

The Winter's Tale (c. 1610-11), Act V, scene 2, line 12.

Quotes for: Language

Philosophy is a battle against the bewitchment of our mind by means of our language.

Ludwig Wittgenstein - Philosophical Investigations /

The language of truth is simple.

Seneca - Epistulae morales ad Lucilium /

Language is a source of misunderstanding.

Antoine de Saint-Exupery - The Little Prince /

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Action is the language of the body and should harmonize with the spirit within.

Marcus Tullius Cicero - De oratore /

Language is the house of the truth of Being.

Martin Heidegger /

Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.

Mark Twain /

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William Shakespeare also said...

How far that little candle throws its beams! So shines a good deed in a naughty world.

William Shakespeare - The Merchant of Venice /

To be, or not to be, that is the question.

William Shakespeare - The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark /

There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio,
Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.

William Shakespeare - The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark /

What's done cannot be undone.

William Shakespeare - Macbeth /

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Let me be that I am and seek not to alter me.

William Shakespeare - Much Ado About Nothing /

What's in a name? that which we call a rose
By any other name would smell as sweet;

William Shakespeare - Romeo und Julia /

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