“To persevere in one's duty, and be silent is the best answer to calumny”
“Silence is the best answer for those who do not want to understand.”
Original: (it) Il silenzio è la miglior risposta a chi non vuol capire.
Source: prevale.net
“Silence is an answer in the eyes of the wise.”
Unidentified Plays, Fragment 977
Variant translation: Silence is true wisdom's best reply. (See Discussion page for sourcing information)
“Silence, is one of the most incisive answers.”
Original: (it) Il silenzio, è una delle risposte più incisive.
Source: prevale.net
“The answer to injustice is not to silence the critic, but to end the injustice.”
“But there is greater comfort in the substance of silence than in the answer to a question.”
“Sometimes silence can be the strongest and most compassionate answer.”
Source: Life, the Truth, and Being Free (2010), p. 131
“Euripides was wont to say, "Silence is an answer to a wise man."”
Of Bashfulness
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
“Silence is golden when you can't think of a good answer.”
