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Quote of George Bernard Shaw - Choose silence of all virtues, for...


Biography - George Bernard Shaw:

Irish playwright critic and polemicis.
Born: 1856 - Died: 1950
Period:
20th century
19th century
Place of birth: United Kingdom
United Kingdom

Choose silence of all virtues, for by it you hear other men's imperfections, and conceal your own.



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Quotes for: silence


Quotes

Quotes about silence:


Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent.





Silence is often the truest wisdom.
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Silence is the sanctuary of prudence.





What can be said at all can be said clearly, and what we cannot talk about we must pass over in silence.





If you have words stronger than silence, speak. If you do not have them, then remain silent.





Silence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom.











Quotes

George Bernard Shaw also said...


Hegel was right when he said that we learn from history that man can never learn anything from history.





All great truths begin as blasphemies.





Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it.





Man can climb to the highest summits; but he cannot dwell there long.





The best reformers the world has ever seen are those who commence on themselves.





Do not do unto others as you would that they should do unto you. Their tastes may not be the same.












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