Much talking is the cause of danger. Silence is the means of avoiding misfortune. The talkative parrot is shut up in a cage. Other birds, without speech, fly freely about.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
In some causes silence is dangerous.
Silence is safer than speech.
I write for those women who do not speak, for those who do not have a voice because they were so terrified, because we are taught to respect fear more than ourselves. We've been taught that silence would save us, but it won't.
Silence is only frightening to people who are compulsively verbalizing.
Parrots have gone a bit quiet since pirates have gone.
Sometimes there is a greater lack of communication in facile talking than in silence.
There is a lot of silence in me, and I feel that silence is often better than spoken words.
Some persons talk simply because they think sound is more manageable than silence.
A voice is a human gift; it should be cherished and used, to utter fully human speech as possible. Powerlessness and silence go together.
Silence is also conversation.
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