We must distinguish between speaking to deceive and being silent to be reserved.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
There's a degree of deception in silence.
Lying is done with words and also with silence.
Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.
Silence is as deep as eternity, speech a shallow as time.
It is a fool's prerogative to utter truths that no one else will speak.
Liars hate silence, so they often try to fill it up by talking more than they need to. They provide far more information than was needed or asked for.
When we tell little white lies, we become progressively color-blind. It is better to remain silent than to mislead.
Silence is safer than speech.
Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must be silent.
We can lie in the language of dress or try to tell the truth; but unless we are naked and bald, it is impossible to be silent.