Thomas Carlyle book Sartor Resartus
As the Swiss inscription says: Sprechen ist silbern, Schweigen ist golden
Bk. III, ch. 3.
1830s, Sartor Resartus (1833–1834)
“Silence is not always tact and it is tact that is golden, not silence.”
Silence and Tact
The Note-Books of Samuel Butler (1912), Part XIV - Higgledy-Piggledy
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Bk. III, ch. 3.
1830s, Sartor Resartus (1833–1834)
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