“Not being heard is no reason for silence.”
Source: Les Misérables
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Victor Hugo 308
French poet, novelist, and dramatist 1802–1885Related quotes

Latin statement in De Quattuor Sectis Novellis, as translated in Typical English Churchmen (1909) by John Neville Figgis, p. 16

“I have never heard a more eloquent silence.”
Variant: He says a million things without saying a word. I have never heard a more eloquent
silence.
Source: Speak

“There was a brief silence. I think I heard snow falling.”
Source: Love Story

“The word must be heard in silence; there must be darkness to see the stars.”
Source: Earthsea Books, The Farthest Shore (1972), Chapter 8, "The Children of the Open Sea" (Ged)