Quote by Thomas Carlyle

As the Swiss inscription says: Sprechen ist silbern, Schweigen ist golden, - Speech is silver, Silence is golden; or, as I might rather express it, Speech is of Time, Silence is of Eternity

As the Swiss inscription says: Sprechen ist silbern, Schweig

Summary

This quote suggests that while speech is valuable and has its place in the world, silence holds an even more powerful and eternal quality. It implies that while words may hold temporary importance and can be forgotten, silence possesses a timeless quality that transcends time and speaks to the depth of existence. In other words, speaking is a human construct bounded by time, while silence represents something infinitely profound that belongs to a realm beyond the temporal.

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By Thomas Carlyle

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