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John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.

6007 Thomas Carlyle 1795-1881 John Bartlett

 
NUMBER:6007
AUTHOR:Thomas Carlyle (1795–1881)
QUOTATION:  As the Swiss inscription says: Sprechen ist silbern, Schweigen ist golden,—“Speech is silvern, Silence is golden;” or, as I might rather express it, Speech is of Time, Silence is of Eternity.
ATTRIBUTION:Sartor Resartus. Book iii. Chap. iii.