Under all speech that is good for anything there lies a silence that is better. Silence… — Thomas Carlyle
Under all speech that is good for anything there lies a silence that is better. Silence is deep as Eternity; speech is shallow as Time.
1838
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Carlyle, Thomas. "Sir Walter Scott." The Works of Thomas Carlyle, edited by Henry Duff Traill. Vol. 29, Cambridge University Press, 2010.
Original citation
Carlyle, Thomas. "Sir Walter Scott." London and Westminster Review, 12 Nov. 1838.