While silence can in some circumstances bespeak noble self-control, it can also signify suppression, oblivion or cowardice.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Silence is the element in which great things fashion themselves together.
After an argument, silence may mean acceptance or the continuation of resistance by other means.
Silence is the virtue of fools.
Silence is argument carried out by other means.
Silence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom.
Silence is as deep as eternity, speech a shallow as time.
Silence is more eloquent than words.
True silence is the rest of the mind, and is to the spirit what sleep is to the body, nourishment and refreshment.
Silence remains, inescapably, a form of speech.
Silence is the element in which great things fashion themselves together; that at length they may emerge, full-formed and majestic, into the delight of life, which they are thenceforth to rule.