Silent
Free from sound or noise; absolutely still; perfectly quiet.
Not speaking; indisposed to talk; speechless; mute; taciturn; not loquacious; not talkative.
Keeping at rest; inactive; calm; undisturbed; as, the wind is silent.
Not pronounced; having no sound; quiescent; as, e is silent in "fable."
Having no effect; not operating; inefficient.
That which is silent; a time of silence.
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Silent Quotations
Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to open one's mouth and remove all doubt.
Abraham Lincoln
As far as I'm concerned, I prefer silent vice to ostentatious virtue.
Albert Einstein
All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent.
Thomas Jefferson
If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.
George Washington
Too often the strong, silent man is silent only because he does not know what to say, and is reputed strong only because he has remained silent.
Winston Churchill
Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.
Mark Twain
Sometimes one creates a dynamic impression by saying something, and sometimes one creates as significant an impression by remaining silent.
Dalai Lama
Let us be silent, that we may hear the whispers of the gods.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
I like the silent church before the service begins, better than any preaching.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Silent Translations
silent in Dutch is stil, stilzwijgend, zwijgend
silent in German is wortkarg, still, stille, stille
silent in Hungarian is hangtalan, zajtalan
silent in Italian is sommesso, muto, calma, equilibrato, calmo
silent in Latin is silens
silent in Norwegian is stille
silent in Portuguese is silencioso
silent in Spanish is mudo, pasito, ponderado, cazurro, sosiego
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